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All about the imperfect tense and how to form it

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imperfect tense. All about the imperfect tense and how to form it. What is the imperfect tense?. You use the imperfect tense to describe what you have been doing in the past for a long period of time. E.g.: I used to eat baguettes I used to visit France every summer - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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All about the imperfect tense and how to form it

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☻ You use the imperfect tense to describe what you have been doing in the past for a long period of time. E.g.:

☻I used to eat baguettes

☻I used to visit France every summer

☻This is the ‘used to' tense, and it is when you have done something you don’t do anymore. (Not a one off action)

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We use the imperfect tense to describe how the weather was in the past..

i.e.

Il faisait chaud It was hot

Il pleuvait It was raining

Il neigeait It was snowing

Hier, il faisait froid!

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je ....................... aistu ....................... aisil ....................... aitnous .......................ionsvous ....................... iezils .......................aient

You choose your subject and you use the ‘nous’ form of the verb. Then add the endings as shown

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i.e.Take the NOUS form of the PRESENT TENSE, and take off the –ONS to get the Imperfect stem.

MangeonsJe aisI used to eat

ParlonsIl aitHe used to talk

FinissonsNous ionsWe used to finish