Imparfait

What are the uses for the imparfait verb tense? (choose more than one)

• describe things as they were or used to be

• describe things that happened repeatedly

• state something happened only once

• describes conditions or circumstances

• sets the background of a story

There's only 1 irregular verb in the imparfait tense

• vrai

• faux

Which verb has an irregular stem for the imparfait?

• faire

• être

• aller

• avoir

What is the irregular stem for être?

• été

• êtes

• ét

• êtr

What happens with verbs ending in -ier?

• Nothing

• Nous and vous forms have a double "i"

• There's an accent on the boot forms

• The ending is "iss+ending"

What happens with -ger verbs?

• Nous form gets an extra "e" before the "ions"

• The boot forms keep the "e" before the imparfait endings

• Nothing, it's a regular -er verb

• The boot forms pick up an accent before the ending

How do you form the imparfait? (Choose more than one)

• Use the present tense nous form

• Use the future tense nous form

• Take off the "ons" then add the ending

• Tack the ending on after the "ons"

• Use the stem then tack the ending on

Form: Tu (boire)

• Tu boisais

• Tu bouvais

• Tu buvais

• Tu boirais

Form: Nouns (étudier)

• Nous étudions

• Nous étudierons

• Nous étudiions

• Nous étudissons

Form: Je (nager)

• Je nagions

• Je nagais

• Je nageais

• Je nagait