Français 4/4A
nom : _________________________________
L’imparfait vs. le passé composé
The passé composé is a compound tense used to show action that took place in the ____________.
To form the passé composé, you need a helping (auxiliary) verb and a past participle. The two helping
verbs are: _____________________ and _____________________.
Conjugate them below:
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How do you know which verb to use? #_______ verbs and all ____________________ verbs use être as
the helping verb. All other verbs use the helping verb _______________!
The other part of the passé composé is the _________________________________
How do you change the infinitives into this form of the verb?
-er verbs change to ___________________________
example: étudier changes to _______________
-ir verbs change to ____________________________
example: choisir changes to ________________
-re verbs change to ___________________________
example: vendre changes to ________________
There are many irregular past participles, too! Do you remember any of these?
avoir
___________________ voir ___________________
mettre _____________________
être
___________________ vouloir ___________________ suivre _____________________
faire
___________________ pouvoir ___________________ falloir ______________________
prendre___________________ devoir ___________________ s’asseoir ___________________
lire ______________________ offrir _____________________ pleuvoir ____________________
croire ____________________ venir _____________________ naître ______________________
L’imparfait
The imperfect tense is a simple tense used to show action that took place in the ____________.
To form the imparfait, you find the stem by……
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Using the _____________ form of the present tense of the verb
2.
Drop the ___________ and….
3.
Add the imperfect endings
Je -________________
nous -__________________
Tu -________________
vous -__________________
Il/elle/on -________________ ils/elles -__________________
The only verb that has an irregular form in the imperfect is the verb ______________________!
Its stem is: ______________________________.
What is the difference between the passé composé and the imparfait??
The passé composé expresses actions _____________________________ in the past.
It answers the question: “______________________________________.”
The imparfait expresses actions that ______________________________,
___________________________, ____________________________, ______________________ in the
past. It answers the question “_________________________________________.”
Exemple: Change the infinitive étudier into the passé composé and l’imparfait:
étudier
étudier
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Using the tu form of each tense as an example, how would you translate:
français
anglais
The passé compose _____________________ = ___________________________________________
The imparfait __________________________ = ___________________________________________
Translate the following sentence into French: I was studying when the telephone rang (sonner).