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You “were using” the right tense then you “stopped.”

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Americans tend to translate every sentence in the French past with the passé composé.

However, French uses DEUX different tenses to express past actions.• L’imparfait–

repetitive actions descriptive details

• Le passé composé– actions that have a set beginning and end

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L’IMPARFAIT LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

Tell how things were

Tell how something was

Tell what used to happen over and over

Used to give descriptions (physical, weather, emotional, etc)

Tell what happened

Tell what someone did in a set period of time

Describe an event that happened a set number of times.

Describe specific actions done in sequential order.

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L’IMPARFAIT LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

Autrefois Chaque De temps en temps D’habitude En général Parfois/ quelquefois Souvent Toujours Tous Tout le temps

Avant-hier D’abord Enfin Ensuit Finalement Passé/ dernier Une fois / deux fois Un jour Hier L’autre jour Soudain Ce jour-là

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L’imparfait if…• The anglais express is

“was/were + ing” form of the verb. Il grimpait l’arbre

• The anglais can mean “used to + infinitive” of a verb J’allais voir ma grand-

mère• The anglais is giving a

physical or emotional description using être. Tu étais petit Elles étaient contentes

Le passé composé if…• The action is a FACT from

the past that had a beginning and an ending time. Hier matin, j’ai lu le

journal.

• The action happened at a SPECIFIC time/ sequential order. D’abord, Mme est allée à

Paris.

• The action happened a certain number of times. Cinq fois, j’ai visité Disney!

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L’IMPARFAIT LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

1.) find the “nous” conjugation• Aller allons

2.) drop the “ons”• Allons all

3.) add the appropriate endings

J’allais Nous allions

Tu allais Vous alliez

Il allait Elles allaient

o 1.) decide if the verb belongs in DR. and MRS. P VANDERTRAMP or if it is conjugated with “avoir”

o 2.) choose the correct helping verb

oÊtre -- 17 verbs (Vandertrampp)oAvoir -- all the rest

o 3.) find the past participle of the main verb

o4.) make the past participle agree if the helping verb is “être”

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For most verbs in the passé composé… Find the past participle…

• “er” verbs– é (parler parlé)• “ir” verbs– i (finir fini)• “re” verbs– u (vendre vendu)

Choose the correct conjugation of “avoir” (the helping verb for most verbs)• J’ai Nous avons• Tu as Vous avez• Il a Elles ont

Put the subject + conj of avoir + past participle form

There is NO agreement with “avoir” as the helping verb!!!!!!!!!!

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C’était juin. Hier matin, je lisais mon livre. Tu faisais les devoirs quand le

téléphone sonnait Tous les jours, les filles visitaient leur

grand-mère. Le 18 juin, Mlle se mariait avec Jim. Il faisait du soleil. Elle a été petite.