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Use the Imperfect to express: 1. Continuous action in the past or an action that has no indication of beginning or end. Manuel a la escuela en pie. (ir) iba

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Page 1: Use the Imperfect to express: 1. Continuous action in the past or an action that has no indication of beginning or end. Manuel a la escuela en pie. (ir)iba.

Use the Imperfect to express: 1. Continuous action in the past or

an action that has no indication of beginning or end.

Manuel a la escuela en pie. (ir)iba

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Imperfect

2. An activity that took place regularly.

Mi madre ________ todos los días.cocinaba

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Imperfect Many times contains such

expressions as:todos los días algunas vecesmuchas veces de vez en cuandofrecuentemente con frecuenciageneralmente en esta épocamientras siempre cada día a menudo

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Imperfect 3. background action or

description.____ un día hermoso y los pájaros _________ alegremente en los

árboles.

Eracantaban

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Imperfect 4. telling time in the past.

____ la una de la mañana.

_____ las tres cuando empezó a llover.

Era

Eran

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Imperfect 5. the age of a person or a period

in one’s life.

Cuando yo ________ quince años, me rompí la pierna.

Cuando mi abuela ____ joven, asistía a una escuela privada.

tenía

era

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Imperfect 6. a physical, mental or emotional

state or description.

No comí porque no ______ hambre.

Luis no ______ acompañarnos al cine.

El extraterrestre ______ los ojos azules.

tenía

quería

tenía

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Imperfect 7. the English expression “used to.”

Cuando mi abuela era joven, _______ a una escuela privada.

When my grandmother was young, she used to attend a private school.

asistía

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Imperfect 8. the starting of a fairy tale or

fantasy story.

Érase una vez…Había una vez…

English equivalent of “Once upon a time”

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Use the Preterite to: 1. relate a specific action or event

that had a definite beginning or end.

_______ a nevar.

Mi madre nos ________ la cena.

____ del cuarto y _____ la puerta.

Empezó

preparó

yo

Salí cerré

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Preterite 2. express what was done once or

a certain number of times.

Una vez yo _____ en ese restaurante.

Yo ____ tres veces al cine el año pasado.

comí

fui

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Preterite 3. report what happened at a

particular time.

Yo _____ de la escuela a las tres.

Eran las ocho cuando ____ de llover.

Note that the preterite does not tell the time, but states the action occurred at a particular time.

salí

cesó

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Preterite

Many times contains such expressions as:

de repente una vez el año pasadopor la tarde ayer anteayeresta mañana anoche la primera vezaquel día esa noche

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Preterite some verbs change meaning in the

preterite due to the beginning of the action and the effort put forth.

conocí: I met supe: I found out pude: managed to no pude: failed

to quise: I tried no quise: I refused tuve que: had to tuve: I received and did

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Preterite and imperfect in the same sentence:1. background action interrupting action imperfect preterite

María _________ por el parque cuando _______ a llover.

___________ cuando _____ el teléfono.

Cuando mi papá _____ en la sala, yo _________ la radio.

caminabaempez

óEstudiábam

ossonó

entróescuchab

a

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Preterite and Imperfect2. Each verb in the sentence is

governed by its individual laws:

Eran las cuatro cuando llegamos a casa.Yo tenía cinco años cuando mis padres

me regalaron un perro.Generalmente yo estudiaba por la

noche, pero ayer estudié por la mañana.

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Hace…que The expression “Hace…que”

changes when used in the present, preterite or imperfect.

Hace + time + que + present= Have (has) been doing something

for an amount of time.

Hace seis años que estudio español.I have been studying Spanish for 6

years.

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Hace…que Hace + time +que + preterite= “ago”

Hace dos días que mis padres regresaron de Inglaterra.

My parents returned from England 2 days ago.

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Hace…que Hacía + time + que + imperfect =

Had been doing something for a period of time.

Hacía 6 meses que salían cuando se casaron.

They had been going out for 6 months when they got married.