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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)