Difference between passé composé and l'imparfait:
The passé composé is used to express actions that started and ended  at a specific time in the past. You use the imperfect to describe or reminisce about habitual or continuous actions, and to describe emotional and physical conditions or states in the past. The time at which the actions or states began or ended is not important.

*the stem of l'imparfait is the first person plural (nous) of the present tense, without the -ons
Regular forms of l'imparfait:
*to conjugate, take the stem or your verb (ex: travaill from travailler) and add the endings below
je travaillais
tu travaillais
il travaillait
nous travaillions
vous travailliez
ils travaillaient
*the imperfect of all verbs, except for the verb être, is formed the same way.
Avoir:
je avais
tu avais
il avait
nous avions
vous aviez
ils avaient
Aller:
j'allais
tu allais
il allait
nous allions
vous allaiz
ils allaient
Faire:
je faisais
tu faisais
il faisait
nous faisions
vous faisiez
ils faisaient
Manger:
je mangeais
tu mangeais
il mangeait
nous mangions
vous mangiez
ils mangeaient
Être:
j'étais
tu étais
il était
nous étions
vous étiez
ils étaient
Croire:
je croyais
tu croyais
il croyait
nous croyions
vous croyiez
ils croyaient
 
Ne   Jamais - never
Ne   personne - nobody
Ne   pas - not
Ne   rien - 
 
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The website below will give you hints on how to use accents in the french language. A little down this web page, you will find the pronunciation, what letters the accents go with, how to type them, and what they look like.
                                                                http://french.lovetoknow.com/French_Accent_Marks

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When you are writing in your journal, and need to add an accent on a letter, press the alt key and type the corresponding code to the right.

If you would like something a little easier, you may want to try typing what you are going to write on the website below. If you want a spell check, you may have to download a french dictionary onto your computer by right clicking, clicking languages, and add dictionaries. next, just scroll down to french and install dictionary. (works that way on PCs)
http://french.typeit.org/

The video to the left will help you pronounce the accents in the french language. Knowing how to pronounce the word you are trying to spell will help you  because you will know which sound it makes, connecting it to the right accent.