THE IMPERFECT TENSE

Question 1

What do you use the imperfect tense to talk about?

Answer 1

Something that used to happen or was happening in the past.

Question 2

How do you form the imperfect tense?

Answer 2

1. Take the ‘nous’ form of the present tense
2. Remove the ‘nous’ and the -ons from the end
3. Add the correct endings for each person

Question 3

What are the imperfect tense endings?

Answer 3

ais 
ais
ait 
ions
iez 
aient

Question 4

What is the être exception?

Answer 4

It starts differently and use ét

Question 5

For verbs like ‘manger’ what is the exception?

Answer 5

Add an extra -e before -a, -o, -u
E.g Je mangeais

REMEMBER -e is removed in the nous and vous forms.

Question 6

What is the exception for verbs like commencer?

Answer 6

The last -c becomes -ç before -a, -o, -u
E.g Je commençais

BUT NOT in the nous and vous forms