LIMPARFAIT Date SWBAT form the imperfect and past

L’IMPARFAIT Date

• SWBAT form the imperfect and past tenses and differentiate between the two in order to act out and present a story in these tenses.

• Le Passe compose: • What happened at one point in time.

• To form this tense, let’s use monter with je as our example: • Decide if your verb takes etre or avoir. • monter- être • Place your subject next to the form of etre or avoir that fits it • Je suis • Next, make monter into a past participle monté

• So our final product is je suis monté • Which means, I went up. At ONE point in time.

• Now, let’s review the imperfect. This tense means « used to » or « was in the process of » • We’re going to use monter again. • To form this tense, find the nous form • montons • Chop off the ons = mont • add on the ending for je - aid • je montais (I was going up)

• What were those endings again? • Je - ais • tu - ais • il - ait • nous - ions • vous - iez • ils - aient

• The Only verb that does not follow this pattern is être. • j’étais • tu étais • il était • nous étions • vous étiez • ils étaient

• Verbs you will only see in the imperfect: • être • porter • aimer

• Remember, make a verb imperfect if you want to express: • what was going on • description • emotion • Otherwise, use the past.

• You will see the following pictures. For each one, create a sentence that states (according to you) a. ) what was in the process of happening when the action occured and b. ) the acion that occurred. • Il allait au cinéma quand Luc a mangé le gateau entier.