tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past

On a parlé.

On parlait.

A1-1 Il [a] dansé toute la nuit.

A1-2 Elle chantait des chansons.

A1-3 Il gagnait des compétitions.

A1-4 Elle [a] participé à Drag Race.

A1-5 Il trouvait des champions.

Montreal - a diverse city: imperfect tense singular

French

School in France - then and now: -er verbs imperfect tense

Primary and secondary school: -er verbs imperfect tense, ordinal numbers

Childhood: then and now: key - RE and -IR verbs in the imperfect tense

Childhood: present and imperfect tenses, 'il y a' meaning 'ago'

Montreal - habitual and one-off past events: imperfect and perfect

Spring holidays: perfect tense with 'être', pronouns 'moi', 'toi', 'qui'

Celebrities: perfect and imperfect

Pupils are introduced firstly to -er verbs in the imperfect tense to describe habitual events in the past. The imperfect of common irregular verbs is added,  before pupils then contrast one-off and habitual events with the perfect vs imperfect tenses, practising this with known and new vocabulary.

How things used to be: imperfect tense, ordinal numbers

Montreal is found in which French speaking country?

Which of these verbs are in the imperfect tense?

The __________ is an organisation responsible for regulating the French language.  Add the missing words.

What is the Pride March known as in French?

What is the French expression for 'to need'?

Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence about school.

Which of these sentences means 'I used to play the piano'?

Elle regardait la télé.  There are 2 translations for this sentence.  Tick them both.

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