Ch 7 · Lesson 15French · Chapter 7 · Lesson 15 · Grammar primer
Imparfait
Prescribed by the AQA specification.
The short version
One irregular stem in the whole language
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Take the form of the present, drop -ons, add -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient. That is the imparfait, and only breaks it, with ét-. , and look like they should be irregular and are not: gives , gives .
The imparfait: used to, was -ing, and how it was
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Use the imparfait for a past habit ( , I used to play in the park), an action in progress ( , I was sleeping) and description: the weather, the time, age and feelings ( , ). , and usually point to it.
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