Italian Imperfetto

Italian Imperfetto

Learning Intention

• To understand the difference between Passato Prossimo and Imperfetto

Success Criteria

• I can identify the patterns of the Imperfect Tense

• I can explain when to use the Imperfect Tense

L'imperfetto

The imperfect tense is used to describe continued actions in the past tense

L'imperfetto

The Imperfect tense is a "simple" tense, meaning it uses only ONE word. Where as Passato Prossimo is a "compound" tense, using two words.

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When would you use the Imperfect Tense?

• To describe completed actions in the paste

• For descriptions in the past tense (people, weather, scenery)

• For continued actions occurring in the past tense

• For interrupted actions in the past tense

To form the Imperfect Tense, we need to learn a new 'leaf' pattern.

• ARE

• -avo

• -avi

• -ava

• -avamo

• -avate

• -avano

New leaf pattern

• ERE

• -evo

• -evi

• -eva

• -evamo

• -evate

• -evano

New leaf pattern

• IRE

• -ivo

• -ivi

• -iva

• -ivamo

• -ivate

• -ivano

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What are the differences between the formations of the Passato Prossimo and the Imperfetto

• They're the same

• Passato Prossimo is a compound tense, using two words

• Imperfetto is a simple tense using one word

• There is a different leaf ending for all of the subjects in the imperfetto