1. Passé composé versus Imparfait Partie 1
Unit 3, Part 1

2. Le Passé Composé Ask yourself these questions:
Describes specific actions in the past
Describes what people did
Ask yourself these questions:
What happened? What happened next?

3. Clue Words for Passé Composé
Un jour
Le (a specific date) – le 12 avril
(day)(time frame) – lundi soir
Une fois
Il y a (time frame) – Il y a deux semaines
Hier
l’année dernier
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4. L’imparfait Ask yourself these questions:
What were the conditions? What was going on?

5. An Acronym to help with l’imparfaitD

6. C – continuous/progressive action
What was going on Je me promenais dans les bois. – I was walking in the woods. Nous faisions de la planche à voile. – We were windsurfing.

7. H – habitual or repeated action
What people used to do Quand j’étais petite, je faisais du ballet. – When I was little, I used to do ballet.

8. Clue Words for Imparfait
Chaque jour
Le (day of the week) – le mercredi
D’habitude
Tous les jours
De temps en temps
Souvent
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