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📜 The Imperfect Tense – GCSE

French · GCSE — forming the imperfect, c'était and il y avait, and when to use it instead of the perfect

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Which ending completes the imperfect tense form for je: je parl___?

-ais

-ai

-ions

-ait

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The imperfect stem comes from the nous form of the present tense. What is the imperfect stem of finir?

fin-

finir-

finis-

finiss-

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Être is the only verb with an irregular imperfect stem. What is it?

som-

ê-

ser-

ét-

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What does il y avait mean in English?

there has been

there is / there are

there was / there were

there will be

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How do you say "It was great" in French when describing a past holiday?

C'étais génial

Ça a étais génial

Ce était génial

C'était génial

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Which is the correct imperfect form of manger for nous (we were eating)?

nous mangeons

nous mangeions

nous mangerions

nous mangions

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Which is the correct imperfect form of être for vous?

vous étez

vous êtiez

vous étaient

vous étiez

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Choose the correct verb: Quand j'étais petit, je ___ au parc tous les samedis.

vais

allais

suis allé

irai

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Choose the correct verb: Je regardais la télé quand mon frère ___.

arrive

a arrivé

arrivera

est arrivé

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Which time phrase usually signals that the imperfect tense is needed?

soudain

d'habitude

tout à coup

une fois

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