 I went to the movies often as a child.  She was wearing a red dress.  He was eight years old.  It was raining yesterday.  Yesterday I went to the.

Présentation au sujet: " I went to the movies often as a child.  She was wearing a red dress.  He was eight years old.  It was raining yesterday.  Yesterday I went to the."— Transcription de la présentation:

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2  I went to the movies often as a child.  She was wearing a red dress.  He was eight years old.  It was raining yesterday.  Yesterday I went to the movies.  She bought a red dress.  He celebrated his birthday last week  It started to rain at two o’clock.

3 The imperfect tense is used to describe:  the way things were (We were happy.)  what used to be (There were flowers everywhere.)  what was going on in (She was walking to school.)  Repeated or habitual past actions (We used to go to the beach.)

4 To form the imperfect take the present tense nous form and drop the –ons to get the imperfect stem. Nous parlons → parl Nous avonsav Nous finissons finiss Nous buvonsbuv Nous voyonsvoy Nous prenonspren

5 Finir- nous finissons The stem is finiss Je finissaisnous finissions Tu finissaisvous finissiez Il finissait ils finissaient (I was finishing, used to finish etc.) The same rule applies to all verbs except the verb être.

6  Nous finissons  Nous faisons  Nous allons  Nous buvons  Nous prenons  Nous dormons  Je finissais  Tu faisais  Il allait  Nous buvions  Vous preniez  Ils dormaient

7 J’étais Nous étions Tu étais vous étiez Il était ils étaient

8 Verbs ending in –ger Manger Nous mangeons → mange Je mangeais Nous mangions Tu mangeais vous mangiez Il mangeait Ils mangeaient

9 Commencer Nous commençons → commenç Je commençais Nous commencions Tu commençais vous commenciez Il commençait ils commençaient