2. L’IMPARFAIT

3. The imperfect tense describes… what people used to be/ what people were… When I was young… He was wearing a brown coat… She was happy…

4. The imperfect tense describes… what people used to do / what they were doing / what was going on… Last night, I wasn’t at my house… He was dining with a friend… They used to play cards…

5. The imperfect tense describes… what happened often in the past Every day of my childhood, I ate oatmeal… He often watched “Wonder Pets” at 8:30am … We always vacationed in Cape Cod in August…

6. The imperfect tense describes… the time and weather of a past event It was 3 p.m. It was snowing…

7. L’imparfait is often used along side… le passé composé Remember! The p.c. is used to describe a specific action completed at a specific time! Think of it like a timeline Monsieur Duck. 9:00amnow Yesterday, at 9:00 am, I tripped and fell.

8. Pauline saw an accident. (1:02p) She called the police. (1:04p) An ambulance arrived (1:11p) The Passé Composé Timeline

9. Hm… hard to find on a timeline eh? 9 am yesterday 9 pm yesterday Yesterday I was happy. The sun was shining. I was wearing a blue dress.

10. Passé Composé Passé Composé (finished actions) KEY WORD ALERTS! ExpressionTranslation une/deux …foisone/two …times un jourone day un week-endone weekend un étéone summer plusieurs foisseveral times soudainementsuddenly lundi, mardi…on Monday, on Tuesday… tout d’un coupall of a sudden

11. Imparfait Imparfait (habitual/continuous actions; descriptions in past) KEY WORD ALERTS! ExpressionTranslation autrefoisin the past chaque année, jour, mois, etceach year, day, month, etc le lundion Mondays, every Monday le weekendon the weekends, every weekend d’habitude/habituellementusually en général/géneralementin general/generally quelquefoissometimes, at times souventoften toujours/tout le tempsalways tous les mois, semaines, ans, etcevery month, week, year, etc

12. The following verbs are usually used in the imperfect tense: être – to be avoir – to have pouvoir – to be able to vouloir – to want devoir – to have to/must croire – to believe savoir – to know (facts) connaître – to know (people) penser – to think aimer – to like espérer – to hope

13. Passé Composé vs. Imparfait When I was(1) little, I used to watch(2) Fraggle Rock every afternoon. My brother, Tom, used to watch(3) Heman. Unfortunately, the shows were on(4) at the same time. One Tuesday afternoon, at 3:03, I arrived(5) home from school to watch my favorite show and saw(6) Tom, who was already seated(7) in front of the TV watching Heman!

14. I immediately began(8) to cry, and my mom ran(9) into the living room. I was(10) so sad and Tom was smiling(11) mischievously behind my mother’s back. My mom said(12), “Tom can watch the first 15 minutes of Heman and then mini Miss Murlin can watch the last 15 minutes of Fraggle Rock.”

15. I wiped(13) my tears and stuck(14) my tongue out at Tom. I was(15) quite happy now. “Down in Fraggle Rock. Doot-doot!”

16. HOW DO WE FORM THE IMPERFECT TENSE?!?!

17. #1- Take the “nous” form present tense… POLLUONS RESPECTONS TOMBONS JETONS FAISONS GLISSONS

18. #2 …SMACK OFF THAT “ons” ENDING!!! GLISS FAIS RESPECT TOMB ONS

19. #3- ADD the following endings! (JE) - ais (TU) - ais (IL/ELLE) - ait (NOUS) - ions (VOUS) - iez (ILS/ELLES) – aient Are we studying science in French class?!

20. Put it all together and what do you have?? Je gliss Tu gliss Il/Elle gliss Nous gliss Vous gliss Ils/Elles gliss ais ais ait ions iez aient

21. That’s swell Miss Murlin… but what does this tense even mean?! Je glissais= I used to slip; was slipping Tu glissais= You used to slip; were slipping Il/Elle glissait= He/She used to slip; were slipping Nous glissions = We used to slip; were slipping Vous glissiez = You used to slip; were slipping Ils/Elles glissaient = They used to slip; were slipping

22. ARE WE DONE YET??!! …heck no!

23. IRREGULARS! ÊTRE  ét YES! There is only ONE IRREGULAR!!!

24. Let’s try some… Je/se baigner = Nous/lire = Vous/mettre = Elles/choisir = Tu/être = Je me baignais Nous lisions Vous mettiez Elles choisissaient Tu étais What do they mean?

25. LA FIN!