
Introduction : L'imparfait
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World Languages
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9th - 12th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Easy
Kristen Staub
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19 Slides • 18 Questions
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Draw
Draw or insert an image to describe how you are feeling today :
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L’imparfait
un temps qui décrit le passé
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Quand est-ce qu’on
utilise l’imparfait?
Il y a 5 raisons:
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to describe what people and things were
like in the past (“was”/”used to be”)
Mme Staub était très adorable quand elle était
petite. n’est-ce pas? ;)
#1
Voilà bébé Mme Staub!
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to describe what people used to do
in the past
Mme Staub regardait souvent Family Matters
avec sa famille.
Mme Staub often watched Family Matters with
her family.
#2
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to describe weather or general
conditions in the past
Hier, il faisait froid.
Yesterday, it was cold.
#3
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Poll
Which is your preferred way to communicate with friends?
facetime
snap chat
text
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to describe something that
happened on a regular basis in the
past (habitual actions)
J’allais chaque jour au parc avec mon frère.
I went to the park with my brother every day.
#4
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to tell how something used to be or
was using the phrase c’était + un
adjectif → “It was”
Comment était le dîner?
C’était délicieux!
#5
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Multiple Choice
Imparfait is used to describe the weather in the past.
vrai
faux
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Multiple Choice
C'était is a phrase that means "it was"
vrai
faux
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Multiple Choice
You would use imparfait to describe what you used to do on the weekends.
vrai
faux
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Multiple Choice
You would use imparfait to describe what you used to be like when you were younger.
vrai
faux
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Les phrases qui indiquent
l’imparfait…
✦
d’habitude/normalement → usually, normally
✦
souvent → often
✦
tous les jours → every day
✦
de temps en temps → from time to time
✦
quand j’étais petit(e)/jeune → When I was young
✦
chaque jour/semaine/mois/année → each
day/week/month/year
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✦
le week-end/le lundi/le samedi → on
weekends/days of the week
✦
le matin/l’après-midi/le soir → mornings,
afternoons, evenings
✦
en général/généralement → in general, generally
✦
parfois/quelquefois → sometimes
✦
rarement → rarely
✦
autrefois → formerly (used to)
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Poll
Would you rather
go deep sea diving
go bungee jumping
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Comment est-ce qu’on
forme l’imparfait?
✦
C’est facile!
✦
Unlike le passé composé (helping verb + past
participle), l’imparfait only uses one verb ☺
✦
Step one: drop the –ons from the present tense
nous form
✦
Step two: add imparfait endings (all of the endings
are the same for every verb in imparfait!! ☺
)
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Les terminaisons d’imparfait
Je -ais (ay)
Nous -ions (ee-on)
Tu -ais (ay)
Vous -iez (ee-ay)
Il
Ils -aient (ay)
Elle -ait (ay)
Elles
On
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Les verbes –ER
take off the ER & add the
endings:
Danser – Nous dansons
Je dansais Nous dansions
Tu dansais Vous dansiez
Il dansait Ils dansaient
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Dropdown
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Dropdown
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Les verbes -RE
✦
mordre – to bite (nous mordons)
✦
take off the -RE & add the endings:
Je mordais
Nous mordions
Tu mordais
Vous mordiez
Il mordait
Ils mordaient
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Dropdown
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Dropdown
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Dropdown
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Poll
Would you rather live
in a city
in the mountains
by the beach
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Les verbes -IR
✦
Rougir – to blush
(nous rougissions)
✦
Take off the IR, add -iss & the imparfait ending
Je rougissais
Nous rouigissions
Tu rouigissais
Vous rougissiez
Il rougissait
Ils rougissaient
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Les verbes -GER
✦
voyager – to travel
(nous voyageons)
✦
Keep the “e” for all forms EXCEPT NOUS & VOUS
Je voyageais
Nous voyagions
Tu voyageais
Vous voyagiez
Il voyageait
Ils voyageaient
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Les verbes -IER
✦
étudier – to obey
(nous étudions)
✦
double the “i” in nous and vous
J’ étudiais
Nous étudiions
Tu étudiais
Vous étudiiez
Il étudiait
Ils étudiaient
Truc: Double “i” in nous & vous forms = fun to pronounce!
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Les radicals irréguliers
être
ét- (used to be)
pouvoir
pouv- (used to be able to)
aller
all- (used to go)
ouvrir
ouvr- (used to open)
avoir
av- (used to have) écrire
écriv- (used to write)
faire
fais- (used to do)
conduire
conduis- (used to drive)
venir
ven- (used to come) sourire
souri- (used to smile)
vouloir
voul- (used to want)
rire
ri- (used to laugh)
prendre/apprendre
pren-/appren- (used to
have; learn)
dire
dis- (used to say)
sortir
sort- (used to go out) boire
buv- (used to drink)
dormir
dorm- (used to sleep)
voir
voy- (used to see)
lire
lis- (used to read)
mettre
mett- (used to put)
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