French GCSE
Past time frames
What Past time frames means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Past time frames
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Reference: AQA
The imperfect tense with depuis describes an action that had been going on for a certain amount of time in the past when another past action interrupted it or occurred.
Topics that use Past time frames
- Time (AQA GCSE)
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