Complete the text with the missing words: comparisons was tre used to scene present imperfect describe past The tense means used to, or were doing. You often use the imperfect tense to what your life be like and make between now and the past. The imperfect tense refers to things which happened more than once in the and it is used to describe things in the past - for setting the Formation 1) Find the Stem: (the part of the verb that Irregular verbs tells you its meaning) Take the nous form of the There is only ONE irregular verb in the The stem is imperfect tense: t- and the endings are the same as for tense 2) Remove the final -ons 3) Add endings: je tu il/elle/on all verbs: J'tais Tu tais Il/ elle/ on tait nous Nous tions vous Vous tiez ils/elles Ils/elles taient - er reqular verbs E.g. Parler-nous parlons - parl. parlais parlais parlait parlions parliez parlaient You try with jouer : Je Tu Il/elle/on Nous Vous Ils/elles - ir regular verbs E.g. Finir- finissons- finis. finissais finissais finissait finissions finissiez finissaient You try with grandir : Je Tu Il/elle/on Nous Vous Ils/elles - re regular verbs E.g. Vendre- vendons-vend. vendais vendais You try with attendre : Je Tu Il/elle/on Nous Vous Ils/elles vendait vendions vendiez vendaient