How do I form the imperfect tense in french?

Depending on the competence level/ preferred learning method of the child I would teach verbs slightly differently. For example, repetition through games, songs, acrostics, association with pictures etc. However, for grammar, the basis of it is the same no matter what, and I would explain it as follows: It is easier to understand how to form imperfect tense verbs and recognise them before trying to work out how to use them. To form the imperfect tense in French, you take the nous form of the present tense verb. For example, let us take parler (to speak). The nous form of parler in the present tense is parlons (I would first ask the child if they knew this, although it would be assumed that they would given that they are learning a more complex, higher level verb, that they know the basic conjugation, but if not, we could revise that first!) So, take parlons, or any verb in the nous form, drop the -ons at the end, so you just have parl We now have the stem of our word, and all that we need in order to form the imperfect tense. With our stem, we then add: Ais for je Ais for tu Ait for il/elle Ions for nous Iez for vous Aient for ils/elles Irregular verbs: As with all tenses in French, there are some irregular beginnings of words, although the endings, no matter which verb, always remain the same. Irregulars include: Être: -et + endingVerbs that end in -ger, eg Manger, you keep the final -e before adding the endings: -mange + endingVerbs that end in -cer: the last c becomes ç before a, o or u