A PPT that explains the difference between using the passe compose and imparfait. There is animation on some of the slides.
2. Le pass compos- actions that have been completed- plot
(lintrigue)- whatever pushes my story forward- what happened in the
story (la narration) 3. Formation: Verbe auxiliaire (avoir/tre) +
participe pass Regular past participles are formed: er , ir I, re u
Irregular past participles see:
http://quizlet.com/10015198/verbes-irreguliers-
participe-passe-flash-cards/ Verbes that take tre have past
participlesthat agree in number and gender 4. Verbes that take tre
(reflexives, too!) Venir Devenir Aller Natre Revenir Descendre
Entrer Monter Rentrer ResterTomber SortirRetourner Arriver Mourir
Passer* Partir 5. Limparfait sets the scene with a description.Ex.
Un jour dautomne, un jeune homme marchait dans larue. Le ciel tait
gris et il pleuvait lgrement. Le jeunehomme tait grand et il
portait un gros chapeau. Ilmarchait lentement. Il tait triste. 6.
The imparfait ignores starting points and ending points.The use of
the imparfait tells you:- what was going on or what the scene was
likeThe use of the imparfait does not tell you: - where he came
from - how long he had been walking - how long he would take to get
there - whether he will reach his destination and complete his act
of walking* The imparfait is open-ended. 7. Le jeune homme a gliss
sur une peau de banane.The pass compos narrates a specific,
completed event in time. It has a startingpoint and an ending
point.The use of pass compose tells you:- there is a starting point
(the young man unwittingly placed his foot on abanana skin)- which
initiated an event (his foot gave way beneath him and his 220-pound
frame came crashing down to the ground)- which then ended (his fall
was complete: he ended up lying in a heap onthe concrete with an
aching backside) 8. Comparez: Il a plu hier.It rained
yesterday.(But then it stopped. By midnight at the latest, the rain
was over.) Il pleuvait hier.It was raining yesterday.(We dont know
if it stopped or not. It could still be raining today.) Ce matin,
je suis alle au travail.This morning, I went to work.(And I made it
to my destination. I arrived.) Ce matin, jallais au travail...This
morning, I was going to work...(I was on my way to work. I intended
to go to work. (Honest!)) 9. Mots cls (Key words)ImperfectPass
composchaque semaine, mois,une semaine, un mois, un every week,
month, yearone week, month, yearanneanle week-endon the weekends un
week-endone weekend on Mondays, onle lundi, le mardi...lundi,
mardi...on Monday, on Tuesday Tuesdays...tous les jours every day
un jourone dayle soirin the evenings un soirone eveningtoujours
alwayssoudainement suddenly tout coup, tout
dunnormalementusuallyall of a sudden coupdhabitude usually une
fois, deux fois... once, twice...en gnral, gnralement in general,
generally enfinfinallysouventoften finalement in the endparfois,
quelquefois sometimes plusieurs fois several timesde temps en
tempsfrom time to timerarement rarelyautrefoisformerly 10. Avec un
partenaire, terminez lhistoire du monsieur qui agliss sur la peau
de banane utilisant le pass compos etlimparfait. Dcrivez son pass,
son caractre et o il est all aprs
