Imperfect Tense Flashcards

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What is the imperfect tense

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Describes what was happening
What used to happen
What was ongoing when something else happened

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It was raining

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Il pleuvait

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I used to play golf

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Je jouais au golf

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I was watching tv when he arrived

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Je regardais la télé quand il est arrivé

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Imperfect endings

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Ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient

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I was doing /used to do

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Je faisais

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You were doing / used to do

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Tu faisais

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He, she, one was doing, used to do

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Il, elle on faisait

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We were doing, used to do

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Nous faisons

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You were doing, used to do

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Vous faisiez

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They were doing, used to do

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Ils, elles faisaient

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I was

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J’étais

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You were

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Tu étais

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He, she, one was

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Il, elle on était

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We were

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Nous étions

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You were

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Vous étiez

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They were

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Ils, elles étaient

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When I was small, I ate sweets (habits)

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Quand j’étais petite je mangeais des bonbons

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Avant

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Before

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When I was young

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Quand j’étais jeune

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When I was 15

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Quand j’avais 15 ans

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I lived, you lived

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J’habitais, tu habitais

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He lived

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Il habitait

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We lived

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Nous habitions

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You lived -pl
Vous habitiez
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They lived
Ils, elles habitaient
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You lived in France
Vous habitiez en France
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She lived in France too
Elle habitait en France aussi
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We were watching tv
Nous regardions la télé
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I had, you had
J’avais, tu avais
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He had
Il avait
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We had
Nous avions
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You had -pl
Vous aviez
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They had
Ils avaient
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I was eating
Je mangeais
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I was playing football
Je jouais au foot
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She was playing football too
Elle jouait au foot aussi
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We were watching tv
Vous regardions la télé
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You were watching tv too
Tu regardais la télé aussi
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My father was happy
Mon père était content
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My mother was happy too
Ma mère était content aussi
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You were sleeping
Tu dormais
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I was sleeping too
Je dormais aussi
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I was paragliding
Je faisais du parapente
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She was paragliding
Elle en faisait du parapente aussi
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He went fishing
Il allait à la pêche
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I was fishing too
J’étais à la pêche aussi
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She was going to the swimming pool
Elle allait à la piscine
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I ate bread in the morning
Je mangeais du pain le matin
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We were waterskiing
Nous faisions du ski nautique
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We were lucky
On avait de la chance
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I was waiting for the bus in front of
J’attendais le bus devant ma maison
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She was in the swimming pool
Elle faisait de l natation à la piscine
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We were playing football at the sport centre
Nous jouions au foot au centre sportif
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They left at 10
Ils partaient à dix heure
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You were reading a magazine
Tu lisais in magazine
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They drank coke
Elles / ils buvaient du coca
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I was going to town
J’allais au ville
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We were doing an apprenticeship
Nous faisions un apprenticeship
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Last year I was happy
L’année dernière j’étais content
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I used to like school because it was interesting
J’aimais l’école car c’était intéressant
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My dad used to buy presents
Mon père achetait souvent des cadeaux
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We were shopping
Nous faisons au magasins
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He lived
Il habitait
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Hé had two brothers
Il avait deux frères
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He was intelligent
Il était intelligent
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During his free time he played in the garden with his brothers
Pendant son temps libre it jouait dans le jardin avec ses frères
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He loved poetry
Il adorait la poésie
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She had ten sisters
Elle avait dix sœurs
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She was full of life
Elle était pleine de vie
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She played the piano
Elle jouait du piano
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She was dancing
Elle dansait
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I lived in a small village
J’habitais dans un petit village
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I lived in a big house
J’habitais dans une grande maison
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I lived with my step father
J’habitais avec mon beau père
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I went to primary school
J’allais à l’école primaire
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I went to nursery school
J’allais à la maternelle
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I had black hair
J’avais les cheveux noir
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I had a small nose
J’avais un petit nez
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I had a nice smile
J’avais un beau sourire
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I was cute
J’étais mignonne
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I was well behaved
J’étais sage
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I was annoying
J’étais agaçante
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I played football in the garden
Je jouais au foot le jardin
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I liked chocolate
J’aimais le chocolat
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I liked animals
J’aimais les animaux
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I liked toys, dolls
J’aimais les peluches, les poupées
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I hated vegetables
Je détestais les légumes
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I hated girls, boys
Je détestais les filles, les garçons
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I wore a uniform
Je portais un uniforme
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I wore a cap
Je portais une casquette
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I wore a ponytail
Je portais une queue de cheval
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I dreamed of being a firefighter.
Je rêvais d’être pompier
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I dreamed of being a teacher
Je rêvais instituteur /trice
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I played with my cousins
Je jouait avec mes cousins
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You were together a lot?
Vous étiez beaucoup ensemble?
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Yes we were together a lot
Oui nous étions beaucoup ensemble
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I went
J’allais
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You went to school with your cousins?
Vous alliez à la même école primaire avec tes cousins?
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I hated a teacher called Mrs Bully
Je détestais une professeur qui s’appelait Mme Bully
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I wore a pink school uniform
Je portais un uniforme scolaire rose
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At the weekend I wore a red dress that I liked a lot
Le week-end je portais une robe rouge que j’aimais beaucoup
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I dreamed of being a dancer
Je rêvais d’être danseuse
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I was running
Je courais
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I was reading
Je lisais
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I wanted
Je voulais
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I could
Je pouvais
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I had to
Je devais
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I was sleeping
Je dormais
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I drank
Je buvais
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I took
Je prenais
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When do we use imperfect?
Souvenir / memories Description / setting the scene Explanation
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She was horse riding
Elle faisait de l’équitation
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I was tired
J’étais fatigué
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I was late
J’étais en retard
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I went to town because it was nice (weather)
Je suis allée en ville car il faisait beau
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There were lots of people
Il y avait beaucoup de personnes
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My cousin drank a coffee
Ma cousine buvait un café
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My cousin drank a coffee when I entered the cafe
Ma cousine buvait un café quand je suis entrée dans le café
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I ate a sandwich because I was hungry
J’ai mangé un sandwich car j’avais faim
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I returned home because I wanted to sleep
Je suis rentrée à la maison car je voulais dormir
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I returned home because I had to…
Je suis rentrée à la maison car je devais …
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I left early because I had to buy…
Je suis partie tôt car je devais acheter
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I telephoned my cousin because I wanted to know if she was coming to see me
J’ai téléphoné à ma cousine car je voulais savoir si elle venait me voir
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Last week I went to my friend’s wedding
La semaine dernière je suis allée au mariage de mon amie
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It was beautiful
C’était beau
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It was situated in a castle in the middle of the countryside
C’était situé dans un château au milieu de la compagne
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The castle was big and had lots of rooms
Le château était très grand et il y avait beaucoup de gens
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The wedding dress was long and had detail (lace) on the back
La robe de mariage était longue et il avait de la dentelle dans le dos
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The invitations were very pretty
Les invitations étaient très jolie
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They had white flowers on the card
Il avait beaucoup de fleurs blanches sur la carte
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We ate in the garden/ outside
Nous avons mangé dans le jardin/ a l’extérieur
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Sunday it was cloudy
Dimanche il y’a avait des nuages
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There were lots of students celebrating the end of year
Il y’a vaut beaucoup d’étudiants pour célébrer la fin de l’année
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I telephoned my cousin, I wanted to know is she wanted to come to see me
J’ai téléphoné à ma cousine car je voulais savoir si elle venait me voir
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They (f) were tired because they went to a party
Elles étaient fatiguées car elle sont allées à une fête
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She left at 3
Elle est partie à 3 hr
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She had to be home for 5
Elle devait être à la maison pour 5
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He said he was sorry
Il a dit qu’il était désolé
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She said was late
Elle a dit qu’elle était en retard
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She said she wanted to eat in this restaurant
Elle a dit qu’elle voulait manger dans ce restaurant
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She said she could do Saturday but not Sunday
Elle a dit qu’elle pouvait venir samedi mais pas dimanche
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To bring
Apporter
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She said she could come Saturday and she could bring a salad
Elle a dit qu’elle pouvait venir samedi et qu’elle pouvait apporter une salade
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I told him/her
Je lui dit que
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She said the beginning was difficult
Elle a dit que le début était difficile
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She walked a lot by day
Elle marchait beaucoup par jour
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she said she was 3000 meters above sea level/high
elle a dit qu'elle était à 3000 mètres d'altitude
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She said she was
elle a dit qu'elle était
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She says it is
Elle dit qu’elle est
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How were the holidays/ was the holiday
comment étaient les vacances
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she said she was hiking
elle dit qu'ellé faisait des randonnées
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The holidays were easier
les vacances étaient plus facile
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she says she's in great shape
elle dit qu'elle est en pleine forme
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She said she was fine (in good shape)
elle a dit qu'elle était en plein forme
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that she slept in a tent
qu'elle dormait sous une tente
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She said the group was nice
elle a dit que le groupe était sympa
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I had trained
Je m’étais entraînée
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I was exhausted
J’étais crevée
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When I was young
Quand j’étais jeune
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I went to the cinema a lot
J’allais beaucoup au cinéma
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Sometimes /from time to time
De temps en temps
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I was washing the car
Je lavais la voiture
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I cycled a lot
Je faisais beaucoup de vélo
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I was going to see my grandma
J’allais voir ma grand-mère
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I was doing my hmw
Je faisais mes devoirs
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I was playing tennis
Je jouais au tennis
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I wanted
Je vouais
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I could
Je pouvais
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I had to
Je devais
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It was boring
C’était ennuyeux
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I went to the park after school
J’allais au parc après l’école
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I went to the library and read a lot
J’allais à la bibliothèque et je lisais beaucoup
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I went to the park and I ate my sandwich
J’allais au parc et je mangeais mon sandwich
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I went to the museum every Saturday
J’allais au musée tous les samedis
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I loved it
J’adorais ça
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I talked with lots of people
Je parlais avec beaucoup de gens
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I went to the pool and I swam for 2h
J’allais à la piscine et je nageais pendant 2h
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When I was young/er I lived in a big house with my family
Quand j’étais jeune, j’habitais dans une grand maison avec ma famille
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In front of the house there was a—
Devant la maison, il y avait un/e-
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I put my bike in the garage
Je mettais mon vélo dans le garage
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There were 8 rooms
Il y avait 8 pièces
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Including 4 bedrooms and a playroom
Dont 4 chambres et une salle de jeux
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Often I was in the —
Souvent j’étais dans le, la —
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My sister read books on the sofa
Ma sœur lisait de livres sur le canapé
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My grandma loved flowers
Ma grand-mère adorait les fleurs
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So she gathered flowers in the garden
Donc elle récupérait des fleurs dans le jardin
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She put the flowers in a vase
Elle mettais les fleurs dans un vase
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I liked the living room but I preferred the kitchen
J’aimerais le salon mais je préférais la cuisine
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It was more comfortable
C’était plus confortable
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My bedroom was on the first floor
Ma chambre était au premier étage
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The walls were pink
Les murs étaient roses
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I had a green desk
J’avais un bureau vert
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I had a guitar that I used a lot
J’avais une guitare que j’utilisais beaucoup
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I had lots of books
Il y avait beaucoup de livres
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As a child I spent my time dreaming
Enfant je passais mon temps à rêver
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I played in the woods
Je jouais dans les bois
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Ate a little
Mangeais un peu
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Sang all the time
Chantais tout le temps
200
When I got up, my mother made the coffee
Quand je me suis levé ma mère préparait le café
201
When he arrived I had already had dinner
Quand il est arrivé j’avais déjà dîné