Passé Composé vs ImparfaitChoosing between the two past tenses, with the test that decides it.LanguagesPassé composéA completed actionA specific moment or number oftimesMoves the story forwardHier, j'ai mangé au restaurantsoudain, une fois, hierImparfaitOngoing or habitualDescription, background,feelingsSets the sceneQuand j'étais petit, je mangeais…toujours, souvent, chaque jourTHE DIFFERENCE THAT MATTERSJe regardais la télé (background) quand le téléphone a sonné(event). One sets the scene, the other interrupts it.Age, weather, time and states of mind are almost always imparfait,whatever else is happening.Passé Composé vs Imparfaitlearnposters.com
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What’s on the Passé Composé vs Imparfait poster

Passé composé against Imparfait, side by side.

Age, weather, time and states of mind are almost always imparfait, whatever else is happening.

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What’s on the Passé Composé vs Imparfait poster?
Passé composé against Imparfait, side by side. Passé composé: A completed action; Passé composé: A specific moment or number of times; Passé composé: Moves the story forward; Passé composé: Hier, j'ai mangé au restaurant; Passé composé: soudain, une fois, hier; Imparfait: Ongoing or habitual; Imparfait: Description, background, feelings; Imparfait: Sets the scene; Imparfait: Quand j'étais petit, je mangeais…; Imparfait: toujours, souvent, chaque jour; Je regardais la télé (background) quand le téléphone a sonné (event). One sets the sc…. Age, weather, time and states of mind are almost always imparfait, whatever else is happening.
Who is the Passé Composé vs Imparfait poster for?
Passé Composé vs Imparfait belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning french can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Passé Composé vs Imparfait poster?
Completed event or ongoing background? That question answers almost every case. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Passé Composé vs Imparfait belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Passé Composé vs Imparfait?
Adjective Placement, Articles and Avoir & Être sit alongside Passé Composé vs Imparfait in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective PlacementArticlesAvoir & Être
Is the Passé Composé vs Imparfait poster free to download and print?
Yes. Passé Composé vs Imparfait downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Passé Composé vs Imparfait poster print at?
Passé Composé vs Imparfait is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Passé Composé vs Imparfait loses nothing.Printing guide

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