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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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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.