When imagining your story. Think about setting the scene: ● when it happened ● where it happened ● who was involved ● what happened (here you will use the perfect, imperfect and pluperfect tense) ● why these things happened ● what were the consequences ● how you felt about what happened.
It is important to express your feelings while telling your story. You will use the imperfect tense to do so. Vocabulaire
J’ai déjà vécu cette expérience.
Ça avait commencé comme une journée ordinaire. Ce jour là, il pleuvait des cordes / il faisait un temps
magnifique.
Je me rappellerai toute ma vie de cette journée, ça s’est passé l’année dernière / quand j’avais sept ans / juste avant les examens blancs.
À l’époque, je n’avais pas encore 10 ans.
J’avais peut-être sept ou huit ans quand ça s’est passé. Ce jour-là / cette nuit-là.
J’étais en train de [+ infinitif] quand [+ passé composé]. Je venais juste de rentrer chez moi / m’endormir /
arriver chez ma copine quand [+ passé composé]. Je venais à peine de [+ infinitif].
I have already experienced this. It started as an ordinary day.
That particular day, it was lashing rain / the weather was beautiful.
I will remember that day all my life, it happened last year / when I was 7 / just before the mock exams.
At that time, I was not even 10 years old. I must have been 7 or 8 when it happened. That particular day / That particular night. I was (doing something) when …
I had just come back home / fallen asleep / arrived at my friend’s when [+ perfect tense].
I had only just [+ verb].
J’étais sur le point de [+ infinitif] quand [+ passé composé]. I was about to [+ infinitive] when [+ perfect tense].
