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    Nom ___________________________________ Date ___________ Classe _________________

    The imparfait CHAPITRE 6


    In English To say what used to happen habitually in the past, you use either the
    simple past tense or the words used to or would + a verb.
    I drank milk all the time when I was a kid.
    My brother and I used to play marbles when we were little.
    During the week, she would get up at 7:00.
    A Check the appropriate column to indicate whether the sentence refers to an action
    in the past or in the present. Past Present
    1. We always walk to school together.
    2. We used to spend every summer at the lake.
    3. We would stay in a cabin in the woods.
    4. I love looking at the stars in the sky.
    5. My parents used to have a lot of fun.
    6. Sometimes I just swim in the stream.
    7. There was a river where we would fish.

    In French To tell what things were like or what used to happen repeatedly in the
    past, you use the imparfait. To form the imparfait, drop the -ons ending from the
    present-tense nous form and add the following endings.
    parler finir vendre
    je parlais finissais vendais
    tu parlais finissais vendais
    il/elle/on parlait finissait vendait
    nous parlions finissions vendions
    vous parliez finissiez vendiez
    ils/elles parlaient finissaient vendaient

    Verbs like manger and commencer that have a spelling change in the present-tense
    nous form have the same spelling change before imparfait endings that begin with
    -a.
    nous mangeons je mangeais, BUT nous mangions, vous mangiez
    nous commençons tu commençais, BUT nous commencions, vous
    commenciez

    All verbs are regular in the imparfait except être, which uses ét- as the imperfect
    stem.
    j’étais, tu étais, il/elle/on était, nous étions, vous étiez, ils/elles étaient

    Holt French 2 87 Grammar Tutor


    Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved.
    Nom ___________________________________ Date ___________ Classe _________________

    THE IMPARFAIT CHAPITRE 6


    B Check the appropriate column to indicate whether the sentence refers to an action
    in the past or in the present.
    Past Present
    1. Je travaillais le samedi.
    2. Nous faisions souvent du ski en hiver.
    3. Tu promènes ton chien tous les jours?
    4. Caroline avait soif.
    5. Il fait froid.
    6. Vous étiez très fatigués.
    7. On allait au cinéma le vendredi.

    C Complete each sentence with the correct imparfait verb ending.


    1. Je lis__ais____ des bandes dessinées.
    2. Nous all____________ au supermarché le dimanche.
    3. Bruno et Sylvie habit____________ à la campagne.
    4. Tu promen____________ ton chien après l’école?
    5. Quand j’ét____________ petit, je mange____________ des escargots.
    6. Ma sœur sort____________ la poubelle le vendredi.
    7. Mes frères et moi, nous voul____________ toujours nager dans le lac.

    D Complete the following paragraph with the imparfait of the verbs in parentheses.
    Quand j’______________________ (avoir) six ans, ma famille et moi, nous
    ______________________ (habiter) à la campagne. Nous
    n’______________________ (avoir) pas beaucoup d’argent mais nous
    ______________________ (être) heureux. J’______________________ (aimer)
    grimper aux arbres et ma petite sœur ______________________ (jouer) toujours
    avec les animaux. Mes parents ______________________ (travailler) au marché
    le samedi. Ils ______________________ (vendre) des légumes et des œufs.
    E Compare the verbs in the sentences below. Explain why their stems are different.
    Je commençais à parler. Nous commencions à parler.
    _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
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    Holt French 2 88 Grammar Tutor
    Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved.

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