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Il pleuvait fort.
1. It used to rain hard.
2. It rained hard.
3. It was raining hard.
4. It had rained hard.
La maison était rouge.
1. The house was red.
2. The house used to be red.
3. The house had been red.
Il se levait tous les jours à huit heures.
1. He would get up every day at eight o'clock.
2. He had gotten up every day at eight o'clock.
3. He got up every day at eight o'clock.
4. He used to get up every day at eight o'clock.
J'habitais à Paris depuis longtemps avant d'y aller en 1987.
1. I had lived in Paris a long time before going there in 1987.
2. I used to live in Paris a long time before going there in 1987.
3. I lived in Paris a long time before going there in 1987.
Nous regardions la télé depuis midi.
1. We were watching TV since noon.
2. We used to watch TV since noon.
3. We had been watching TV since noon.
Il a plu énormément.
1. It had been raining a lot.
2. It was raining a lot.
3. It rained a lot.
4. It did rain a lot.
Il a été une fois à Paris.
1. He used to be once in Paris.
2. He has been once to Paris.
3. He went one time to Paris.
4. He had been one time to Paris.
Qui a frappé à la porte?
1. Who has knocked on the door?
2. Who knocked on the door?
3. Who did knock on the door?
4. Who was knocking on the door?
5. Who had knocked on the door?
Il voulait partir.
1. He was wanting to leave.
2. He wanted to leave.
3. He had wanted to leave.
4. He used to want to leave.
Il ne voulait pas partir.
1. He wasn't wanting to leave.
2. He did not want to leave.
3. He had not wanted to leave.
4. He didn't used to want to leave.
Il a voulu partir.
1. He has wanted to leave.
2. He tried to leave.
3. He wanted to leave.
4. He used to want to leave.
Il n'a pas voulu partir.
1. He has not wanted to leave.
2. He did not want to leave.
3. He refused to leave.
She used to sleep until noon.
1. Elle a dormi jusqu'à midi.
2. Elle avait dormi jusqu'à midi.
3. Elle dormait jusqu'à midi.
She didn't know how to swim.
1. Elle ne connaissait pas nager.
2. Elle n'avait pas su nager.
3. Elle n'a pas su nager.
4. Elle ne savait pas nager.
When he was young, he would eat four times a day.
1. Quand il a été jeune, il mangerait quatre fois par jour.
2. Quand il était jeune, il mangerait quatre fois par jour.
3. Quand il était jeune, il mangeait quatre fois par jour.
4. Quand il a été jeune, il mangeait quatre fois par jour.
What happened?
1. Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé?
2. Qu'est-ce qui s'était passé?
3. Qu'est-ce qui se passa?
4. Qu'est-ce qui est arrivé?
He was eating when the bomb went off.
1. Il mangeait, quand la bombe se déclenchait.
2. Il a mangé, quand la bombe se déclenchait.
3. Il était en train de manger, lorsque la bombe s'est déclenchée.
4. Il mangeait, quand la bombe s'est déclenchée.
5. Il avait mangé, quand la bombe s'est déclenchée.
I fell down, and in my dream I was falling.
1. Je suis tombé, et dans mon rêve, je tombais.
2. Je suis tombé, et dans mon rêve, je suis tombé.
3. Je suis tombé, et dans mon rêve, j'étais tombé.
4. Je suis tombé, et dans mon rêve, j'étais en train de tomber.
He knew her address.
1. Il a su son adresse.
2. Il savait son adresse.
3. Il avait su son adresse.
He didn't know her address.
1. Il n'a pas su son adresse.
2. Il ne savait pas son adresse.
3. Il n'avait pas su son adresse.
He found out her address.
1. Il a su son adresse.
2. Il savait son adresse.
3. Il avait su son adresse.
4. Il a appris son adresse.
Il venait de sortir.
1. He just stepped out.
2. He had just stepped out.
3. He had just left.
Il vient d'arriver.
1. He just arrived.
2. He had just arrived.