
Imperfect tense
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9th - 12th Grade
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Christie Warnken
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The ongoing past
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Multiple Select
check the imperfect endings
-aba
ábamos
-aste
-ían
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hablaba | hablábamos |
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hablabas | |
hablaba | hablaban |
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comía | comíamos |
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comías | |
comía | comían |
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "Juan used to speak."?
Juan está hablando.
Juan hablaba.
Juan habló
Juan usado hablar.
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "María used to eat cheerios."?
María comió cheerios.
María comaba cheerios.
María comía cheerios.
Maria come cheerios.
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There are only 3 irregular verbs in the imperfect tense:
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era | éramos |
|---|---|
eras | |
era | eran |
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iba | íbamos |
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ibas | |
iba | iban |
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veía | veíamos |
|---|---|
veías | |
veía | veían |
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Multiple Select
Check all of the verbs that are irregular in the imperfect tense.
ser
estar
ir
ver
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "I used to be blond"?
Yo soy rubia.
Yo fui rubia.
Yo fue rubia.
Yo era rubia.
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "We were going to school."?
Nosotros ir a la escuela.
Nosotros íbamos a la escuela.
Nosotros vamos a la escuela.
Nosotros fuimos a la escuela.
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Multiple Choice
-------------- las dos de la tarde.
(It was 2 in the afternoon)
Era
Fue
Eran
Iban
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You describe an ongoing past situation when an event takes place.
Ex: Había una vez una princesa azteca que empezó a llorar.
Once there was an Aztec princess who began to cry.
Use the preterite and imperfect together when...
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Multiple Choice
Which verb is imperfect and describes an ongoing past situation?
Había una vez una princesa azteca que empezó a llorar.
llorar
empezó
Había
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Multiple Choice
Which verb is preterite and describes an event?
Había una vez una princesa azteca que empezó a llorar.
Había
empezó
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