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Imperfect

Imperfect

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8th - 12th Grade

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7 Slides • 14 Questions

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El Imperfecto
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The imperfect tense is used to talk about things that someone used to do, what things were like, and how things used to be

Use soler + infinitive to say what someone usually did in the past

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Ar verb conjugations

​-aba

​-ábamos

​-abas

​-abáis

​-aba

​-aban

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er/ir verb conjugations

-ía

-íamos

​-ías

​-íais

​-ía

-ían

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generalmente- generally

frecuentemente- frequently

por un rato- for a while

todo el tiempo- all the time

muchas veces- a lot of the time, many times

a menudo- often

a veces- sometimes

cada día, mes...etc -every day/month etc

de vez en cuando- from time to time

siempre- always

Indicators of the imperfect

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The imperfect tense is used to talk about things that someone used to do, what things were like, and how things used to be
Like the present and preterite tenses, there are verbs with irregular conjugations.

The most common irregular verbs are ir, ser and ver

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Ir

Ser

Irregulars

ver

era​

​éramos

​eras

​erais

​era

​eran

iba

​íbamos

​ibas

​ibais

​iba

​iban

veía

​veíamos

​veías

​veíais

​veía

​veían

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Multiple Choice

The imperfect tense is used to express actions that occurred

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yesterday

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last night

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repeatedly last year

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this morning

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Multiple Choice

The ending for -ar verbs are

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aba, abas, aba, abamos, aban

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aba, abais, aba, abamos, abaron

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ía, ías, ía, iamos, ian

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aba, abas, aba, ábamos, aban

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Multiple Choice

The new ending for er and ir verbs are

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ia, ias, ia, iamos, ian

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aba, abais, aban, ian, ia

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ía, ías, ía, íamos, ían

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aba, abas, aba, abamos, aban

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Multiple Choice

There are only _____ irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

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3

2

5

3

4

4

2

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Multiple Select

What are the irregular verbs? Select all that apply

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Ir

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Ver

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Ser

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Dar

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Estar

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Fill in the Blanks

Carlos

Type answer...

en California durante su niñez. (vivir)

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Fill in the Blanks

Ellas

Type answer...

inseparables en la primaria pero ahora no se hablan. (ser)

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Fill in the Blanks

Karina

Type answer...

con tener un carro convertible de Barbie. (soñar)

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Fill in the Blanks

Yo

Type answer...

mucho con mi hermana. (pelear)

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Fill in the Blanks

Ellos

Type answer...

a la escuela primaria Roosevelt. (asistir)

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Fill in the Blanks

Miguel

Type answer...

a la escuela cada día. (ir)

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Fill in the Blanks

Yo

Type answer...

mucho con mi hermana. (pelear)

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Fill in the Blanks

Carlos y yo

Type answer...

al personaje de Jason. (temer)

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Poll

How do you feel about the imperfect now?

Give me a quiz now, and I'll ace it!

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I just need some more practice and I'll be set

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