Practise your French Imparfait ER Verbs

The video tutorial explains the imperfect tense in French, known as 'l'imparfait'. It covers its usage for describing past habits and ongoing actions, and provides a detailed guide on forming the tense using stems and special endings. The tutorial includes examples and practice exercises to help learners understand and apply the imperfect tense in sentences.

What is the French term for the imperfect tense?

• Le passé composé

• Le présent

• Le futur simple

• L'imparfait

In English, the imperfect tense is used to describe:

• Completed past actions

• Present actions

• Ongoing past actions

• Future actions

What is the first step in forming the imperfect tense in French?

• Change the verb to past participle

• Identify the verb's stem

• Add the future tense ending

• Use the infinitive form

Which of the following is a correct ending for 'nous' in the imperfect tense?

• -aient

• -ions

• -ons

• -ez

What is the stem of the verb 'regarder' in the imperfect tense?

• Regardant

• Regardez

• Regardons

• Regard

How would you say 'I used to watch' in French using the verb 'regarder'?

• Je regardai

• Je regardé

• Je regarde

• Je regardais

What is the correct imperfect ending for 'il'?

• -ait

• -ions

• -ais

• -iez

Which pronoun requires the ending '-aient' in the imperfect tense?

• Tu

• Je

• Ils/Elles

• Nous

In the sentence 'Nous marchions près de la rivière', what does 'marchions' indicate?

• We will walk

• We walked

• We used to walk

• We are walking

What is the imperfect form of 'cuisiner' for 'je'?

• Je cuisine

• Je cuisinais

• Je cuisinerai

• Je cuisiner