imperfect tense

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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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continuous tense
future progressive
future progressive tense
imperfect
imperfectly
Imperfectness
past progressive

past progressive tense
present progressive
present progressive tense
progressive
progressive tense
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tense

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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Imperfect consonances
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imperfect fungus
Imperfect interval
Imperfect number
Imperfect obligations
Imperfect power
imperfect tense
Imperfectibility
Imperfectible
imperfection
imperfective
imperfective aspect
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