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In the summer holiday, in order to get ready for your Y12 year, you will need to spend some time everyday on your French revisions.
I have created this blog for you to revise and practise your French skills in the most fun and interactive way possible.
I recommend you spend 20 minutes everyday on this blog and you should be ready to start in September!

A tip: the order to read the posts are from the oldest to the newest.

A très vite! J'ai hâte de vous rencontrer!
Madame Baude

The imperfect - L'imparfait


1. Use and meaning.
The imperfect tense is used for:
  • Past action that was unfinished (was/were doing):
Il se promenait vers le café quand il a vu son copain.

  • Habitual or repeated action in the past (used to do):
Elle prenait le train tous les jours pour aller au travail.

  • Description in the past :
Les oiseaux chantaient ; elle était triste ; il avait les yeux bleus.

Certain words and phrases indicate that the imperfect tense may be needed. These include:

Chaque semaine
Régulièrement
D’habitude
Souvent
Le samedi
toujours

Note:
Sometimes in English, habitual action is expressed by “would”: everyday he would get up at six o’clock. In French the imperfect tense must be used.

2. Formation.
Remove –ons from the nous part of the present tense, and replace it with the following endings:

Singular
Ending
Je
-ais
Tu
-ais
Il / elle / on
-ait
Plural
Ending
Nous
-ions
Vous
-iez
Ils / elles
-aient

The only exception is the verb être (to be):
I used to be
J’étais
You used to be
Tu étais
He / she / we used to be
Il / elle / on était
We used to be
Nous étions
You used to be (plural)
Vous étiez
They used to be
Ils / elles étaient

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