L*Imparfait The passé composé and the imparfait Adverb placement
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L’Imparfait
The passé composé and the imparfait
Adverb placement
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Chapitre 6
Grammaire 1
The imparfait
The imparfait (imperfect) tense tells
_______________or what ___________________
repeatedly in the past. It is also translated as
_____________________________. To form the
imperfect drop the –ons from the present tense nous
form and add these endings:
Je
Tu
Il/Elle
-_____
-_____
-_____
Nous
-_____
Vous
-_____
Ils/Elles -_____
The imparfait: Conjugate
parler
finir
vendre
The imparfait
Verbs like manger and commencer that have spelling changes in the nous form
keep the spelling change in the imperfect in all forms except in the nous and
vous forms.
(nous mangeons)
je
nous
tu
vous
il/elle/on
ils/elles
(nous commençons)
je
nous
tu
vous
il/elle/on
ils/elles
The imparfait
Etre is the only verb that has an irregular stem: _____
j’
tu
il/elle/on
nous
vous
ils/elles
The passé composé and the imparfait
Use both the passé composé and the imparfait to
talk about the past.
Use the imparfait to tell how things were or
what used to happen over and over.
Quand j’étais jeune, nous allions à la plage chaque
été.
(When I was young, we used to go to the beach
every summer.)
The passé composé and the imparfait
You also use the imparfait to give
descriptions.
Il faisait très beau. Il y avait beaucoup de fleurs.
(It was very nice out. There were a lot of flowers.)
The passé composé and the imparfait
Us the passé composé to say what happened or
what someone did in a set period of time.
Une fois, j’ai fait un château de sable incroyable!
(One time, I made an incredible sandcastle!)
The passé composé and the imparfait
Sometimes you need to use both the passé composé
and the imparfait in the same sentence. You can
tell what was going on (imparfait) when another
action happened (passé composé).
Je jouais aux dames quand le
téléphone a sonné.
(I was playing checkers when the
phone rang.)
The passé composé and the imparfait
Use the mnemonic device CHEATED to help
remember when to use the imparfait
Continuous action
Habitual action
Endless action (weather, age)
Time (only when saying what time it was)
Emotion
Description
CHEATED
CONTINOUS
HABITUAL
ENDLESS
AGE
CHEATED
TIME
EMOTION/STATE OF MIND
DESCRIPTION
Adverb placement
Generally place adverbs that tell how
much, how often, or how well someone
does something after the conjugated verb.
Je joue souvent aux dames et hier, j’ai bien joué.
(I often play checkers and yesterday, I played
well.)
Adverb placement
Comme ci comme ça, quelquefois, and de temps en
temps are exceptions, place them at the beginning
or end of a sentence.
Je joue aux dames comme ci comme ça. De temps
en temps, je joue avec ma soeur. Quelquefois je
gagne, mais je perds quelquefois aussi.
(I’m alright at checkers. From time to time I
play with my sister. Sometimes I win, but
sometimes I lose too.)
Adverb placement
Most other adverbs, such as those of time (hier,
maintenant) and those ending in -ment usually
go at the beginning or end of the sentence.
o Normalement je passe le samedi avec mes copains.
o (Normally I spend every Saturday with my
friends.)