tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past, or to say what was happening

feedback A 1 chaise

feedback A 2 rose

feedback A 3 visiter

feedback A 4 valise

feedback A 5 analyse

feedback A 6 église

feedback A 7 réviser

feedback A 9 désolé

C 1  Je ne porte pas d’uniforme.

C 2  Je mangeais toujours un fruit.

C 3 Je parle avec les professeurs.

C 4 Je coche les bonnes réponses dans les contrôles.

C 5 J’aimais aller au cinéma.

C 6 Je regardais beaucoup la télé.

C 7 J’écoute quand les autres parlent.

C 8 J’achetais des livres.

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

French

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 - a diverse city: imperfect tense singular

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

In which word is the letter 's' pronounced like the 's' sound in maison?

Match the French school year to its correct English equivalent.

Translate into French: 'I am in Year 9' (Use words not numbers)

Which sentence correctly means: 'I used to practise'?

Which word is the auxiliary verb in this sentence? J'ai volé un sac.

Match each subject with the correct part of the verb avoir.

How do you say: 'I haven’t practised' in French?

Fill in the blank with the word for 'me': Selon {{}}, le vol est un crime.

Which of these sentences are in the past tense?

Starter Quiz