Passé Composé Vs Imparfait

Question 1

Format of PC sentence

Answer 1

Avoir + past participle

Question 2

Past participle conjugation

Answer 2

Er —> é
Ir —> i
Re —> u

Question 3

Avoir conjugation

Answer 3

J’ai

Tu as

Il/Elle a

Nous avons

Vous avez

Ils/ Elles ont

Question 4

How to conjugate imparfait

Answer 4

Take present tense nous, drop the ons, and conjugate w:

Je __ais

Tu __ais

Il/Elle __ait

Nous __ions

Vous __iez

Ils/Elles __parlaient

Question 5

Être in imparfait

Answer 5

J’ étais

Tu étais

Il/Elle était

Nous étions

Vous étiez

Vous étaient

Question 6

Completed past actions

Answer 6

PC

Question 7

Past action with no reference to its beginning or end

Answer 7

Imp.

Question 8

Past actions or events that are or were habitual

Answer 8

Imp.

Question 9

To describe mental or physical conditions in the past

Answer 9

Imp.

Question 10

Beginning or end of a past action

Answer 10

PC

Question 11

To signal a change in physical or mental state

Answer 11

PC

Question 12

Used to describe the set or scene of a story

Answer 12

Imp.

Question 13

Used to move a story along. Main facts, completed events, actions that advance the plot

Answer 13

PC

Question 14

Interrupts an action in imparfait when in same sentence

Answer 14

PC

Question 15

When in the same sentence l’imparfait expresses a cause an le passé composé an effect

Answer 15

Imp.

Question 16

Present tense of vivre

Answer 16

Je vis

Tu vit

Il/Elle vit

Nous vivons

Vous vivez

Ils/Elles vivent