L'imparfait Warm-Up

L'imparfait is used to describe...

• completed actions in the past

• ongoing or habitual actions in the past

• actions in the future

• actions in the present

L'imparfait helps us express...

• "going to"

• "will"

• "could, should, would"

• "was, were, used to"

Before we can add the endings, we conjugate in the...

• present "ils" form

• present "tu" form

• present "nous" form

• present "vous" form

The ending for "je" is...

• ait

• aient

• ions

• ais

The ending for "tu" is...

• ais

• ait

• aient

• iez

The ending for il/elle/on is...

• ait

• ais

• aient

• ions

The ending for nous is...

• ions

• iez

• aient

• ait

The ending for vous is...

• aient

• ais

• ions

• iez

The ending for ils/elles is...

• ait

• ais

• aient

• ions

What is the only irregular stem for l'imparfait?