© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA The imperfect tense in French When to use the imperfect tense and how to form it.

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© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA The imperfect tense in French When to use the imperfect tense and how to form it

© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA When to use the imperfect The imperfect tense is a past tense that describes:  what happened repeatedly or what people did repeatedly in the past  how things were in the past  what was happening or what people were doing.

© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA Three steps to the imperfect 1. Take the nous form of the present tense of the verb you’re using. 2. Remove the –ons from the nous form. 3. Add the correct imperfect tense endings.

© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA How to form the imperfect tense Imperfect tense endings: je-ais tu-ais il/elle/on-ait nous-ions vous-iez ils/elles-aient

© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA Example 1: aller Step 1. Nous form of the present tense is allons Step 2. With the -ons removed this gives us all- Step 3. Add the endings to get the imperfect of aller: j’allaisnous allions tu allaisvous alliez il/elle/on allaitils/elles allaient

© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA Example 2: avoir Step 1. Nous form of the present tense is avons Step 2. With the -ons removed this gives us av- Step 3. Add the endings to get the imperfect of avoir: j’avaisnous avions tu avaisvous aviez il/elle/on avaitils/elles avaient

© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA Example 3: faire Step 1. Nous form of the present tense is faisons Step 2. With the -ons removed this gives us fais- Step 3. Add the endings to get the imperfect of faire: je faisaisnous faisions tu faisaisvous faisiez il/elle/on faisaitils/elles faisaient

© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA Try these! Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the imperfect tense. Je ………………. (passer) mes vacances en France. J’ ………………. (aller) en Dordogne. Nous ………………. (loger) dans un hôtel. Je ………………. (faire) du kayak sur la rivière. Nous ………………. (jouer) dans l’eau. On ………………. (manger) au restaurant. Il ………………. (faire) beau. Il y ………………. (avoir) du soleil.

© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA Check your answers: Je passais mes vacances en France. J’ allais en Dordogne. Nous logions dans un hôtel. Je faisais du kayak sur la rivière. Nous jouions dans l’eau. On mangeait au restaurant. Il faisait beau. Il y avait du soleil.

© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA One irregular verb to remember! There is only one irregular imperfect tense and that is for the verb être. There is nothing irregular about the endings, as these are the same for all verbs, but look at the part of the verb in front of the endings: j’étaisnous étions tu étaisvous étiez il/elle/on étaitils/elles étaient

© 2015 AQA. Created by Teachit for AQA Imperfect tense quiz What is this tense used for? What is the first step to forming it? What happens to the -ons? What are the imperfect tense endings? Which is the only irregular imperfect verb in French?