Italian GCSE
Habitual actions
What Habitual actions means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Habitual actions
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The imperfect tense describes habitual past events, such as 'guardavo' meaning 'I used to watch'.
Topics that use Habitual actions
- Verbs (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Auxiliary verbs
- Auxiliary verbs in the imperfect
- Compound tenses
- Conditional perfect
- Descriptive language
- Everyday conversational phrases
- Expressing desires and wishes
- Formal and informal registers
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