There is more than one past tense in Spanish. The preterite tense is for completed, simple actions...

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Page 1: There is more than one past tense in Spanish.  The preterite tense is for completed, simple actions in the past (I ate).  The imperfect tense is for.
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There is more than one past tense in Spanish.

The preterite tense is for completed, simple actions in the past (I ate).

The imperfect tense is for continuous actions in the past (I was eating).

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A) Was/were ...ing › (While I was/we were working in the factory...)

B) Used to › ( Every day I used to …)

C) Would- when it means used to› (Every morning I would visit my grandpa)

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I worked/I visited seems like the simple past (preterite)…

Apply this test: If A/B/C from the previous slide can be inserted then use the imperfect tense.› While I worked in the factory – really

means while I was working in the factory› Every day I visited my grandpa - really

means every day I used to visit my grandpa

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Drop the -ar/-er/-ir from the infinitive. Add the imperfect ending:-ar verbs

aba, abas, aba, ábamos, abais, aban-er/-ir verbsía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían

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Hablar drop the –ar: habl

Add the endings to agree with the subjects:

hablaba hablábamoshablabas hablabaishablaba hablaban

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Comer drop the –er: com

Add the endings to agree with the subjects:

comía comíamoscomías comíaiscomía comían

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Decir drop the –ir: dec

Add the endings to agree with the subjects:

decía decíamosdecías decíaisdecía decían

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ser ir verera iba veíaeras ibas veíasera iba veíaéramos íbamos veíamoserais ibais veíaiseran iban veían

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1. Description or state Yo llevaba un vestido azul a la boda.I was wearing a blue dress at the wedding.

2. Repetition or habitTodos los días me levantaba a las 7.I used to get up at 7 every day.

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3. Interrupted actionNosotros comíamos cuando ellos llegaron.We were eating when they arrived.

Mientras él actuaba, él se cayó.While he was acting he fell down.

Esperábamos mientras él habló con su padre.

We waited while he spoke with his father.

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4. Simultaneous, incomplete actionsDurante yo hablaba él leía un libro.While I was speaking he was reading a book.

Gabriela dormía y mi hija estudiaba.Gabriela was sleeping and my daughter was

studying.

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Contar: Coser: Vivir:

Escribe los 3 verbos en las 5 formas (Yo, Tú,

Usted, Nosotras, Ellas) del

imperfecto.

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Contar: Coser: Vivir:Contaba Cosía VivíaContabas Cosía s VivíasContaba Cosía VivíaContábamosCosíamos VivíamosContaban Cosían Vivían

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Completa las oraciones en el imperfecto.1. Yo (ir) a Miami todos los veranos.2. Cuando Elsa (ser) niña, jugaba en el

parque.3. Nosotros siempre (ver) a Mario en el

restaurante Red Lobster.4. Tú y yo (ser) enemigos en el Kinder pero

ahora no.5. Ellos (ir) de vacaciones en Chile todos los

inviernos.6. De niño, Tommy (ver) a Santa Claus en

Plaza Oakland.

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Completa las oraciones en el imperfecto.1. Yo (iba) a Miami todos los veranos.2. Cuando Elsa (era) niña, jugaba en el

parque.3. Nosotros siempre (veíamos) a Mario en el

restaurante Red Lobster.4. Tú y yo (éramos) enemigos en el Kinder

pero ahora no.5. Ellos (iban) de vacaciones en Chile todos

los inviernos.6. De niño, Tommy (veía) a Santa Claus en

Plaza Oakland.

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