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imperfect tense

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Noun1.imperfect tense - a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
continuous tense, imperfect, progressive, progressive tense
tense - a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
present progressive, present progressive tense - a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
past progressive, past progressive tense - a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; "`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive"
future progressive, future progressive tense - a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future; "`I will be running' is an example of the future progressive"


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This page consists of two paragraphs in the imperfect tense (to describe Pascal's life up to this point) and two paragraphs in the past historic tense (to describe what happened to him one morning on his way to school).
Studying Le Ballon rouge with false beginners by Thomas, Jacqueline / Academic Exchange Quarterly
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