P.C. Formation
These are the normal endings for regular -er, -ir, and -re verbs in the passé composé.
What are é, i, and u?
This is the present tense form that you start with to form the imparfait.
What is the nous form?
This is the acronym we use to remember the reasons to use the imparfait.
What is TWADDLERO?
This is how you translate Je regardais SpongeBob Squarepants quand j'étais jeune.
What is I used to watch SpongeBob Squarepants when I was young?
True or False? Context is the best way to determine which past tense to use.
What is true?
This is the acronym we use to identify all of the être verbs in the passé composé.
What is DRMRSVANDERTRAMPP?
This is the number of irregular verbs there are in the imparfait.
What is one? Être is the only irregular verb in the imparfait because it is the only one that has a nous form that doesn't end in ons.
You would use this tense to translate I used to go to the movies every Friday night.
What is the imparfait?
This is how you translate J'ai étudié beaucoup hier soir.
What is I studied a lot last night?
True or False? There are many reasons to use the passé composé.
What is false? The passé composé is used for specific, completed actions.
True or False? Avoir, être, aller, and faire all have irregular past participles in the passé composé.
What is false. Aller's past participle is allé which is completely regular.
In these forms of the imparfait -ger verbs (i.e. nager, manger, etc.) do not have an e before the stem.
What is nous and vous?
You would use this tense to say I was finishing my test while the teacher was grading papers.
What is the imparfait?
This is how you translate We spoke French.
What is Nous avons parlé français?
True or False? The sentence I used to study a lot is an example of an ongoing action.
What is false? This is a repeated action.
You make the past participle of être verbs agree with this.
What is the subject of the verb?
This is the number of imparfait forms that are pronounced the same and the number of imparfait forms that are spelled exactly the same.
What are four (je, tu, il/elle/on/qui, and ils/elles and two je and tu?
You would use this tense to say The party started at 7:30.
What is the passé composé?
This is how you translate You (s.) used to go to the café, but one day you (s.) went to the movies.
What is Tu allais au café, mais un jour tu es allé(e) au cinéma.?
True or False? Depending on the context of the sentence, sometimes a verb can be in either the passé composé or imparfait.
What is true?
You make the past participle of avoir verbs agree with this.
What is a preceding direct object pronoun?
This is the nous form of choisir in the imparfait.
What is choisissions?
This is/These are the tense(s) you would use to translate It was July 14 when the battle began.
What are the imparfait and passé composé?
This is how you translate Claire was happy because she didn't fail (rater) the quiz.
True or False? Verbs that use être as their helping verb can NEVER use avoir.
What is false? The verbs monter, descendre, sortir, and passer use avoir when they are followed by a direct object pronoun.