Lesson 25- Le Passe Compose Et L'imparfait

Question 1

We use the imparfaut to describe the…

And to talk about…

Answer 1

Context of a story (the weather, people, place..)

Regular actions that happened in the past

Question 2

To speak about a completed action in the past we use the…

Answer 2

Passé compose

Question 3

Sometimes, depending on the action, we can describe something that happened in the past or tell a story using…

Answer 3

Both tenses

Question 4

Passé compose
On a pris le bus à 10 heures et on est arrivés à la plage vingt minutes après

Passé compose words
Sentence menaing

Answer 4

A pris
Est arrivés

We took the bus at 10 o’clock and we got to the beach 20 minutes later.

Question 5

Imparfait
Chaque année, on parfait en vacancies en Italie.

Imparfait words
Sentence meaning

Answer 5

On parfait

We used to go on a holiday to Italy every year

Question 6

Passé compose and imparfait

On se baignait quand, tout à coup, il a commencé à pleuvoir

Tense words
Sentence meaning

Answer 6

Se baignant
A commencé

We were swimming when, all of a sudden, it started to rain.

Question 7

The words quand (when) can be used to…

Answer 7

Break up an ongoing action and indicate a change in tense

Question 8

We can also indicate a change by using
Other when
Suddenly
All of a sudden

Followed by passé compose

Answer 8

Lorsque
Soudair
Tout à coup