Vocab: Expressions de temps au passé

Question 1

At that time

Answer 1

À ce moment-là

Question 2

At that time

Answer 2

À cette époque-là

Question 3

Previously

Answer 3

Auparavant

Question 4

In the past

Answer 4

Autrefois

Question 5

From then on

Answer 5

Désormais

Question 6

From time to time

Answer 6

De temps à autre

Question 7

Usually

Answer 7

D’habitude

Question 8

A span of time+ago

Answer 8

Il y a

Question 9

On mondays

Answer 9

Le lundi

Question 10

Every weekend

Answer 10

Le week-end

Question 11

Never

Answer 11

Ne…jamais

Question 12

Normally

Answer 12

Normalement

Question 13

Sometimes

Answer 13

Parfois

Question 14

Occaionally

Answer 14

Par moments

Question 15

While

Answer 15

Pendant que

Question 16

Sometimes

Answer 16

Quelquefois

Question 17

Often

Answer 17

Souvent

Question 18

Always

Answer 18

Toujours

Question 19

Every day

Answer 19

Tous les jours

Question 20

Which verb tenses can these vocab be used with?

Answer 20

Except for auparavant (previously) and autrefois (in the past), these expressions are also used with other verb tenses.

• D’habitude, les enfants avaient faim à midi. (The children were usually hungary at noon)
• On dormait pendant que Corinne travaillait. (We were sleeping while Corinne worked)
• Il y a trois mois, il travaillait à l’étranger. (Three months ago, he was working abroad)
• Autrefois, je ne tenais pas compte de lui. (In the past, I did not take him into account)