L'imparfait - Usage and formation

The imperfect tense is used to describe ______________

• actions in the past that were ongoing and habitual.

• actions in the past that had a clear beginning and end.

What English words often times indicate an imperfect verb?

• was, were, used to

• today, yesterday, tomorrow

To form the imperfect, we go to the ________ form of the verb in the present tense and then add our endings.

• nous

• vous

• je

• tu

The verb ___________is the only verb in French that has an irregular stem in the imperfect.

• être

• aller

• avoir

• faire

I used to play baseball. = Je ____________ au baseball

• jouais

• jouait

• jouaient

• jouions

You used to watch TV. = Tu ____________ la télé.

• regardais

• regardait

• regardaient

• regardions

He used to talk to her. = Il lui __________.

• parlait

• parlais

• parlaient

• parliez

She was singing in church. = Elle ___________ à l'église.

• chantait

• chantais

• chantaient

• chantions

We used to go to the movies together. = On __________ au cinéma ensemble.

• allait

• allais

• allions

• allaient

We used to practice sports. = Nous ___________ les sports.

• pratiquions

• pratiquiez

• pratiquais

• pratiquaient