What are the endings for imperfect tense?
ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient
ais, ait, ais, ons, ez, ient
When do you use the imperfect tense?
Describing a repeated action in the past.
Describing an one-off event in the past.
What are the two parts needed to form the past tense?
Auxiliary verb + past participle
Past participle
Does the verb monter take etre or avoir?
etre
avoir
What is the irregular pp for boire?
boi
bu
What are the auxiliary verbs for avoir?
Je suis, Tu es, Il/elle/on est, Nous sommes, Vous êtes, Ils/elles sont.
J'ai, Tu as, Il/elle/on a, Nous avons, Vous avez, Ils/elles ont
What are the auxiliary verbs for etre?
What do you do to form a past participle for a regular er verb?
Remove the er and add an é.
Leave the verb and add an é.
How do you form a past participle for a regular ir verb?
Remove the ir and add an u.
Remove the ir and add an i.
How do you form the parst participle for a regular re verb?
Remove the re and add an u.
Remove the re and add an é.
What is the acronym used to remember the verbs which take etre?
MRS HAPPY FLU
MRS VAN DE TRAMP
What is the past tense used for?
To describe a single action in the past.
To describe a recurring action in the past.
If you are a female, and you are using the past tense to conjugate monter, what would the verb look like?
J'ai suis monté
J'ai montée
Je suis monté
Je suis montée
To form the imperfect, which form of the present tense verb is used?
Vous
Nous
Je
Tu
Ils/Elles
Il/elle/on
