1. Passé Composé versus Imparfait – Partie Deux
Unit 3, Part 2

2. Le Passé Composé Ask yourself these questions:
Describes specific actions in the past
Narrates the action of the story that constitute story line
Ask yourself these questions:
What happened? What happened next?

3. L’Imparfait Sets the scene of a story
Gives the background information of the story

4. An Acronym to help with l’imparfaitD

5. E – Endless Actions
What people were doing
What was going on

6. A – age and appearance
Physical traits
Clothing
Health

7. T – time and weather
Date
Time
Weather

8. E - emotions
Feelings
Attitudes
Intentions

9. D - descriptions
Scenery
Describing anything not previously listed

10. You decide the tense… What you were doing at 8:00 last night
What they were doing when your mom came home yesterday
What you did last weekend
What you ate for dinner last night
What you used to do with your friends after elementary school

11. You decide the tense… Where you were yesterday at 3:00
When you started high school
What you looked like when you were 10 years old
Where you went on vacation last year