Passé Composé vs Imparfait

Which of these are guidelines in choosing Passé Composé or Imparfait??

• Consider the context of what is stated

• Asking myself if the context gives details about what was going on

• Asking myself if the context gives details about how things used to be

• Asking myself if the context generally tells what has been completed

Which English verb forms generally correspond to the French imparfait?

• A verb form that could include the help verb 'used to'

• None. You just have to get used to using the imparfait in French

• A verb form that uses the past tense of 'to be' as an auxiliary; was/were + main verb + participle

What usually indicates the use of passé composé?

• Depending on English verb forms of the past

• Context of the sentence and how past tense is applied logically

• Actions that have a specific start and finish as being completed - what happened?

Match each one to indicate which tense should be used in context

• imparfait

• The class ended at 2:55 pm

• passé composé

• Elisa tells where she went for vacation

• passé composé and imparfait

• My mom is giving details about my childhood years

• passé composé

• Nate is telling Ramona how he got in an accident

• imparfait

• My dad is relating how things used to be in his time

Which two French auxiliary verbs are used for passé composé? ​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• Avoir
• Être
• Aimer
• Préférer

Does the imparfait have an auxiliary verb in its formation?

• Yes

• No

Elle (a)   ​ (b)   la série Avatar à la série Wednesday.

• ai
• as
• préféri
• préféru
• a
• préféré

Tout le monde (a)   ​ (b)   le tremblement de terre.

• a
• senti
• as
• ai
• senté
• sentu

Vous (a)   ​ (b)   à toutes mes questions.

• avez
• répondu
• avons
• ont
• répondé
• répondi

Quand j'​ (a)   enfant, je (b)   la récréation aux études.​

• préférais
• étais
• préférait
• était