Que faisais-tu quand ... ? : the imperfect tense with regular verbs ('BE' + ing)
Learning outcomes
I can describe what I and others 'were doing' and what 'was happening' using the imperfect tense.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [ai], [on] and [ez].
Que faisais-tu quand ... ? : the imperfect tense with regular verbs ('BE' + ing)
Learning outcomes
I can describe what I and others 'were doing' and what 'was happening' using the imperfect tense.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [ai], [on] and [ez].
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Key learning points
- The imperfect tense is used to describe what 'was happening' or what you 'were doing' when something else happened.
- For imperfect of regular verbs remove -ons from 'nous' present tense and add:-ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient
- [ai] sounds like 'vrai', [on] is a nasal sound like 'non', and [ez] sounds like 'écrire'.
Keywords
Imperfect tense - tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past, or to say what was happening
Sound-symbol correspondence - relationship between letters and their sounds
Common misconception
The ending -aient is pronounced differently to -ais and -ait.
Although the third person plural ending of the imperfect tense contains a lot of letters, it is pronounced the same way as -ais and -ait. Students will need a lot of practice saying the -aient ending out loud to become confident with this verb form.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
I was choosing
he was choosing
you were leaving
I was leaving
she was hearing
he was hearing
Exit quiz
6 Questions
écoutais
écoutait
écoutions
écoutiez
écoutaient
lazy
to introduce, introducing
February
boss
instant, moment
to lead, leading