
Passé Composé vs Imparfait
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9th - 12th Grade
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Lindsay Westwood
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19 Slides • 17 Questions
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Passé Composé vs Imparfait
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Passé Composé
Réviser
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P.C. Formation
Subject
Helping Verb (avoir or être)
Past Participle
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P.C. Formation
Dr. and Mrs. Vandertrampp
Reflexive Verbs
All use être as their helping verb
Past Participle must agree with the subject
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P.C. Examples
Parler
J'ai parlé
Venir
Nous sommes venus
Faire
Tu as fait
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate MANGER in the passé composé with VOUS
vous avez mangé
vous êtes mangé
vous avez mange
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate FINIR in the passé composé with ILS
ils ont finé
ils sont fini
ils ont fini
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate ÊTRE in the passé composé with TU
tu es été
tu as été
tu as êtu
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate DEVENIR in the passé composé with NOUS
nous avons devenu
nous sommes devenus
nous sommes devenu
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Imparfait
Réviser
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Imparfait Formation
Take the present tense NOUS conjugation
Drop the ONS
Add the specialized endings
AIS, AIS, AIT, IONS, IEZ, AIENT
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate MANGER in the imparfait with VOUS
vous mangiez
vous mangez
vous avez mangé
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate FINIR in the imparfait with ILS
ils finions
ils finissons
ils finissaient
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate ÊTRE in the imparfait with TU
tu sommesions
tu était
tu étais
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate SE BROSSER in the imparfait with ILS
ils se brossaient
ils se brossent
ils se sont brossés
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The Uses of the Passé Composé
actions completed in the past
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Expresses the specific actions or events that were started and COMPLETED at a DEFINITE point in the past.
Elle a préparé le dîner.
She prepared dinner.
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Expresses a specific action or event at a specific time in the past.
Aujourd'hui il est sorti à 8 heures.
Today, he went out at 8:00.
Elle a joué du piano hier matin.
She played piano yesterday morning.
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States a particular action in the past.
Il est allé chez le dentiste.
He went to the dentist.
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The Uses of the Imparfait
actions completed in the past
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Describes ONGOING or CONTINUOUS actions or events in the past.
Elle préparait le dîner.
She was preparing dinner.
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Describes habitual or repeated actions or events in the past.
Il sortait d'habitude à 8 heures.
He usually went out at 8:00.
Elle jouait du piano chaque jour.
She played (used to play) the piano every day.
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Describes the circumstances or conditions surrounding an action.
Il avait mal aux dents.
He had a toothache.
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Describes persons, things, or a state of mind.
Il était triste.
He was sad.
Le ciel était bleu.
The sky was blue.
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Multiple Choice
He ate dinner.
Passé Composé
Imparfait
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Multiple Choice
She used to play soccer.
Passé Composé
Imparfait
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Multiple Choice
We passed the BAC!
Passé Composé
Imparfait
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Multiple Choice
We were so happy!
Passé Composé
Imparfait
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Certain Terminology
Certain words or phrases will "spark" a specific past tense.
"Every summer" (chaque été) implies it is a habitual action
Imparfait
"Yesterday" (hier) implies it was an action completed in a SPECFIC time
Passé Composé
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Passé Composé Phrases
L'anné dernière - last year
Hier - yesterday
Enfin - finally
Le mois passé - last month
Soudain - suddenly
La semaine dernière - last week
Une (deux...) fois - one (two...) times
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Imparfait Phrases
Fréquemment - frequently
Chaque jour, mois, été... - each day, month, summer...
De temps à autre - from time to time
D'habitude - usually
Souvent - often
Toujours - always
Tous les jours - every day
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Multiple Choice
Last year, we went to the zoo.
Passé Composé
Imparfait
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Multiple Choice
Every summer, we went to Disney World.
Passé Composé
Imparfait
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Multiple Choice
Last night, they did homework.
Passé Composé
Imparfait
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Multiple Choice
We finally solved the problem!
Passé Composé
Imparfait
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Poll
How do we feel about the imparfait vs passé composé uses?
Très Bien
Bien
Pas Mal
Mal
Très mal
Passé Composé vs Imparfait
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