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- Sra. Kuonen Warren Central High School
Rkuonen@warren.k12.in.us
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- English Connection Present-tensePast-tense He talksHe talked l
habla l habl
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- Preterite/Imperfect Preterite Review The preterite is used for
one time, past, completed actions. Actions that have a specific
beginning and ending are usually in the preterite also. Preterite
endings for regular ar verbs are: - -amos -aste -asteis - -aron For
regular verbs ending in er and ir, the endings are: - -imos -iste
-isteis -i-ieron
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- Irregular Preterite There are several irregular preterite
verbs. These forms can be found on pages R34-R36 of your book.
Spelling change preterites are found on page R32. There are several
website where you can learn more about the irregular preterite
forms. Here are a few: www.classzone.com www.studyspanish.com
Practiquen! Remember that irregular means that it does not follow a
pattern. These verbs need to be MEMORIZED!
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- Imperfect For ar ending verbs, the endings are: -aba -bamos
-abas -abais -aba aban For er and ir verbs, the endings are the
same: -a-amos -as - ais -a -an There are only three irregular
imperfect verbs, ir, ser, and ver. Their forms can be found on page
203 of your text book.
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- Contextual Clues If you first learn the endings for each tense
well, then memorize the irregular forms of each tense. This will
make it much easier when you are learning the difference between
the preterite and imperfect tenses. Sometimes, there are clues in
sentences to help you decide which tense to use. Look for words
like: o Ayer - yesterday o Anoche last night o Esta maana this
morning These words imply that the action happened one time, so you
would use preterite. If you see terms like: o a veces - sometimes o
los jueves - onThursdays o always siempre The action is repeated,
use imperfect.
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- Imperfect Review Remember the acronym W.A.R.P.T. to remind you
of when to use the imperfect tense. Weather Age Repeated and
ongoing actions Physical and mental descriptions Time When you
describe things or talk about actions with no definite ending, use
the imperfect tense.
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- Ongoing Actions No definite ending point is stated Often
translate to the past progressive tense in English (she was eating,
they were working, etc.) Examples: Los nios miraban la televisin
cuando el telfono son. The children were watching TV when the
telephone rang. miraban (on-going) son (1 time, completed) Yo
cocinaba cuando ella lleg. I was cooking when she arrived. cocinaba
(on-going) lleg (1 time, completed)
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- Descriptions If a physical or mental description is given in
the past, use the imperfect. Examples: Me senta muy feliz. Los nios
estaban muy cansados. Cuando tena ocho aos, Elena era alta.
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- Repeated Actions If an action happened habitually in the past,
the imperfect is used. Often there is contextual clue showing that
the action was repeated. T siempre cantabas. - You always used to
sing. Context clue! Mariana y su familia iba a la playa todos los
veranos. Context clue! Since they used to go to the beach every
summer, it is an imperfect action.
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- Telling time, Age Spanish uses the verb Ser with time. If the
time is given in the past, the imperfect of ser is used. Use Eran
for every hour but 1. Eran las tres. It was 3:00. Eran las diez y
veinte. It was 10:20. Era is used if the hour is 1. Era la una y
media. It was 1:30. Era la una menos diez. It was 12:50 (Ten till
one). To say how old someone was use the imperfect forms of Tener
Tena 3 aos. She was 3. Tenamos diez aos. We were 10. Cuando ramos
jovenes when we were young.
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- Prctica 1. Los nios (jugaron / jugaban) mucho en el parque. 2.
T (aprendiste / aprenda) la leccin ayer. 3. Yo (tuve / tena) cuatro
aos. 4. Mi mam y pap me (compraron / compraban) una computadora
nueva la semana pasada. 5. Enrique y yo (fuimos / bamos) al cine
los viernes. 6. (Hizo / Haca) mucho sol.
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- Respuestas 1. Los nios jugaban mucho en el parque. (repeated
action) 2. T aprendiste la leccin ayer. (specific time-yesterday)
3. Yo tena cuatro aos. (age) 4. Mi mam y pap me compraron una
computadora nueva la semana pasada. (specific time last week) 5.
Enrique y yo bamos al cine los viernes. (repeated on Fridays) 6.
Haca mucho sol. (weather description)