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By: Charith Ranawake Period: 4B January 6, 2012 What is Imparfait?

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Page 1: By: Charith Ranawake Period: 4B January 6, 2012. There are several ways to speak in the past, and one way is in the imperfect tense, or imparfait. To

By: Charith Ranawake Period: 4B

January 6, 2012

What is Imparfait?

Page 2: By: Charith Ranawake Period: 4B January 6, 2012. There are several ways to speak in the past, and one way is in the imperfect tense, or imparfait. To

There are several ways to speak in the past, and one way is in the imperfect tense, or imparfait.

To find the imperfect stem of a verb with the exception of être, one will have to use the nous form of the verb minus the –ons. Then, add the endings associated with the subject. je -ais nous -ions étais étions tu -ais vous -iez étais étiez

elle/il -ait ils/elles -aient était étaient

Imparfait:

Page 3: By: Charith Ranawake Period: 4B January 6, 2012. There are several ways to speak in the past, and one way is in the imperfect tense, or imparfait. To

Habits Progressive action (was/were) Circumstances of an event:

Time + weather Outward appearances Emotional sense of mind External Circumstances Other actions in progress

Words to look for: Le soir & tous les soirs Le mardi & tous les mardis Chaque jour & tous les jours D’habitude & habituellement Autrefois & parfois

Quand est-ce que tu utilise l'imparfait?

Page 4: By: Charith Ranawake Period: 4B January 6, 2012. There are several ways to speak in the past, and one way is in the imperfect tense, or imparfait. To

Every morning, I jog around the park. Chaque matin, je courais autour le parc.

Usually, I do well on tests, but this time, I didn’t. Habituellement, je faisais bien sur les examens, mais cette fois, je

n’ai pas fait. Every Tuesday, there is bboy club at Marriotts Ridge

High School. Tous les mardis, il y avait club de bboy au lycée de Marriotts

Ridge.

Some examples of Imparfait:

Page 5: By: Charith Ranawake Period: 4B January 6, 2012. There are several ways to speak in the past, and one way is in the imperfect tense, or imparfait. To

What is the imparfait nous form of être? Étions

Using imparfait write the sentence: Every night, he watches TV in his basement.

Tous les soirs, il regardait la télé au sous-sol. Using imparfait write the sentence: Habitually, you (vous) liked

to listen to music when you worked. D’habitude , vous aimiez écouter de la musique quand vous

avez travaillé. Write your own sentence on the board in the imparfait using

ils/elles as the subject. … Elles/ils (verb)-aient ….

L’ examen: