Tenses

Question 1

What is le futur proche used for?

Answer 1

To describe what is going to happen with certainty

Question 2

How do you form le futur proche?

Answer 2

Take the present tense of aller, followed by an infinitive.
je vais Nous allons
Tu vas Vous allez
Il/Elle/On va Ils/Elles vont

Question 3

What is the perfect tense used to talk about?

Answer 3

Things that you did in the past on one occasion, which are completed, and are no longer happening now

Question 4

How do you form the perfect tense?

Answer 4

Take the SUBJECT, AUXILIARY and PAST PARTICPLE (remember SAP)
The auxiliary verb is always the present tense of either avoir or etre.
Regular verbs take the past participle:
ER IR RE
Jouer=Joué Finir=Fini Vendre=Vendu
For example: j’ai jouéau tennis (I played tennis/have played tennis)

Question 5

What is the imperfect tense used to talk about?

Answer 5

Things that happened often or regularly in the past or things that used to happen.
Also used to say what something was like and to describe in the past

Question 6

How do you form the imperfect tense?

Answer 6

1. Take the „nous” form of the verb in the present tense
2. Remove „ons” ending and „nous” beginning
3. Add the correct ending.
   Je -ais. Nous
   Tu. Vous
   Il/Elle/On