Passe compose and Imparfait usage

Front

Which tense should you use in this situation?
If something only ever happened one time

Back

Passé composé

Front

Which tense should you use in this situation?
If something happened over and over again

Back

Imparfait

Front

Which tense should you use in this situation?
If something lasted for so long you can't keep track of how long it lasted

Back

Imparfait

Front

Which tense should you use in this situation?
For a physical description

Back

Imparfait

Front

Which tense should you use in this situation?
For a psychological description

Back

Imparfait

Front

Which tense should you use in this situation?
Almost always with the verb etre

Back

Imparfait

Front

Which tense should you use in this situation?
When you know the specific date or time something happened

Back

Passé composé

Front

Which tense should you use in this situation?
When an action happened instantaneously

Back

Passé composé

Front

Which tense should you use in this situation?
When something was background information

Back

Imparfait

Front

Which tense should you use in this sentence:
She was beautiful

Back

Imparfait