The IMPERFECT Tense LEARNING OBJECTIVES: This powerpoint will teach you how: To form the imperfect tense To use the imperfect tense To improve the quality of imperfect sentences

USED TO DO The IMPERFECT Tense The IMPERFECT tense is used to talk about what you: USED TO DO

ais The IMPERFECT Tense Foundation Example: Let’s take “jouer” 1.Take the present tense of the verb in the “NOUS” form. 2. Take off the “-ONS” Nous jouons Add the following ending: ais Je jouais- I used to play jou

The IMPERFECT Tense Some examples… J’allais chez ma tante I used to go to my aunt’s house Nous allions en vacances en France We used to go on holiday to France Je n’aimais pas aller à l’école I did not use to like to go to school Je ne faisais jamais mes devoirs I never used to do my homework Je voulais être prof de français I used to want to be a teacher My teachers used to say that I was….. Mes profs disaient que j’étais…..

1 The IMPERFECT Tense IMPROVE YOUR WORK ADVERBS OF TIME There are three ways to improve your Imperfect Tense sentences : 1 ADVERBS OF TIME Say when you do something by using one of the following adverbs of time : ADVERBS chaque semaine, mois, année every week, month, year le week-end on the weekends le lundi, le mardi... on Mondays, on Tuesdays... tous les jours every day SET STRUCTURES Quand j’étais jeune When I was young Quand j’étais petit (e) When I was small Dans le passé In the past

The IMPERFECT Tense Examples Chaque semaine j’allais chez ma tante So, let’s use some of the earlier sentences together with an adverb of time & frequency to improve our Imperfect sentences Chaque semaine j’allais chez ma tante Every week I used to go to my aunt’s house Le weekend je ne faisais pas mes devoirs At the weekend I never used to do my homework Quand j’étais jeune je voulais être prof de français When I was young I used to want to be a French teacher Dans le passé je n’aimais pas aller à l’école In the past I did not use to like going to school

2 The IMPERFECT Tense IMPROVE YOUR WORK TALK ABOUT A DIFFERENT PERSON Talk about somebody else (your sister, your friend, etc) Je -ais Tu -ais Il -ait Elle -ait On -ait Nous -ions Vous -iez Ils -aient Elles -aient You will need to add these endings:

Higher Example: Let’s take “jouer” Nous jouons jou 3. Add the endings: 1.Take the present tense of the verb in the “NOUS” form. 2. Take off the “-ONS” Nous jouons 3. Add the endings: Je jouais - I used to play Tu jouais - You used to play (s) Il jouait - He used to play Elle jouait - She used to play On jouait - One used to play Nous jouions - We used to play Vous jouiez - You used to play (pl) Ils jouaient - They used to play (m) Elles jouaient - They used to play (f) jou

Formation * Take the present tense of the verb in the “NOUS” form.   * Take the present tense of the verb in the “NOUS” form. * Take off the “-ONS” * Add the following endings: Je -AIS Tu -AIS Il / elle / on -AIT Nous -IONS Vous -IEZ Ils / elles -AIENT

The IMPERFECT Tense Examples il allait So, let’s use some of the earlier sentences and change a different person to improve our Imperfect sentences Examples il allait Chaque semaine j’allais chez ma tante sa Every week He used to go to his aunt’s house elle étudait Le weekend j’étudais le français At the weekend She used to study French

3 The IMPERFECT Tense IMPROVE YOUR WORK SAY WHY YOU USED TO DO SOMETHING You will need to use: C’ÉTAIT + adjective = it was + adjective

The IMPERFECT Tense IMPROVE YOUR LANGUAGE 1. J’allais chez ma tante souvent car c’était amusant. 1. I used to go to my aunt’s house because it was fun. 2. Je n’aimais pas aller à l’école car c’était trop difficile. 2. I didn’t used to like to go to school because it was too difficult.

+ + 1 2 3 The IMPERFECT Tense Can you put this all together? Say when Different person Say why To make a HIGHER LEVEL sentence

The IMPERFECT Tense Higher 2 Different person Higher 3 Why 1 When Le weekend, elle visitait le musée de Liverpool car c’était intéressant. At the weekends, she used to visit the Liverpool museum because it was interesting.

REMEMBER!! The IMPERFECT Tense Once you have learnt this tense, you can use it to talk about ANY GCSE topic: LIFESTYLE Health / Relationships & Choices LEISURE Free Time & Media / Holidays HOME & ENVIRONMENT Home & Local Area / Environment WORK & EDUCATION School & Future Plans / Current & Future Jobs

Je……+ nous jouons + ais je mangeais des salades je faisais du jogging je partageais ma chambre avec ma souer je visitais ma grand-mère je jouais au foot je faisais de l’équitation j’allais en Espagne je visitais le show de danse flamenco je mangeais au McDo je récevais beaucoup des cadeaux je prenais une douche j’allais beaucoup en ville j’étudiais beaucoup j’allais au collège à pied je travaillais dans un supermarché je voulais aller à l’université

How much you have remembered ? The IMPERFECT Tense QUICK QUIZ How much you have remembered ?

The IMPERFECT Tense LIFESTYLE Health / Relationships & Choices Je mangeais des salades I used to eat salads Je faisais du jogging I used to go jogging Je partageais ma chambre avec ma soeur I used to share my bedroom with my sister Je visitais ma grand-mère I used to visit my grandmother

The IMPERFECT Tense 2. LEISURE Free Time & Media / Holidays Je jouais au foot I used to play football Je faisais de l’équitation I used to do horse-riding J’allais à Espagne I used to go to Spain Je visitais le show de danse flamenco I used to visit the Flamenco Show

The IMPERFECT Tense 3. HOME & ENVIRONMENT Home & Local Area / Environment Je mangeais au McDo I used to eat at McDonalds Je récevais beaucoup des cadeaux I used to receive lots of presents Je prenais une douche I used to take a shower J’allais beaucoup en ville I used to go to town a lot

The IMPERFECT Tense J’étudiais beaucoup J’allais au collège à pied 4. WORK & EDUCATION School & Future Plans / Current & Future Jobs J’étudiais beaucoup I used to study hard J’allais au collège à pied I used to walk to school Je travaillais dans un supermarché I used to work in a supermarket Je voulais aller à l’université I used to want to go to university

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The IMPERFECT Tense Adverbs of time / Openers Chaque semaine - every week Le week-end - at the weekend Dans le passé - in the past Quand j’étais petite - when I was small Quand j’étais jeune - when I was young How many of your own sentences can you make using the following tables to help you? Verb in the Imperfect Tense Je visitais ma grand-mère - I used to visit my grandmother J’allais au cinéma - I used to go to the cinema Je jouais au volley - I used to play volley ball Je faisais de l’équitation - I used to do horse-riding Je mangeais au McDo - I used to eat at McDonalds J’allais beaucoup en ville - I used to go to town a lot Je ne faisais pas mes devoirs - I did not use to do my homework Reasons Parce que c’était / car c’était - because it was génial / chouette / extra - great / brilliant amusant / drôle - fun intéressant - interesting ennuyeux - boring

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