Preterite V.S. Imperfect

Preterite

100

Conjugate Hablar in the yo form

hable (' over the e)

200

Conjugate comer in the tu form

comiste

300

Conjugate correr in the third person plural form

corrieron

400

Conjugate nadar in third person singular form

nado (' over the o)

500

Conjugate caminar in the vosotros form

caminasteis

Imperfect

100

Conjugate jugar in yo form

jugaba

200

Conjugate tener in the tu form

tenias (' over the i)

300

Conjugate hacer in the third person plural

hacian (' over the i)

400

Conjugate vivir in the nosotros form

viviamos (' over the second i)

500

conjugate desayunar in the vosotros form

desayunabais

Irregulars

100

Conjugate andar in the preterite yo form

anduve

200

Conjugate tener in the third person singular form

tuvo

300

Conjugate estar in the preterite nosotros form

estuvamos

400

conjugate ir in the imperfect vosotros form

ibais

500

conjugate ver in the imperfect third person singular form

veia (' over the i)

Translations

100

Translate "i spoke spanish" in spanish.

hable espanol hable(' over the e) espanol (~ over the n)

200

Translate "we ate yesterday" in spanish

Comimos ayer

300

Translate " Ella nadaba en lunes" in english

She used to swim on mondays

400

you used to have a dog

Translate "Tenia ( ' over the i) un perro" in english

500

Translate "many times, i would go to the park" in spanish

muchas veces, iba al parque

True/ False Rules

100

the preterite tense is used to show that events began or were completed in the past

true

200

the preterite tense does not describe past actions as a completed whole

false, the preterite tense DOES describe past actions as a completed whole

300

the imperfect tense describes the way things where, what use to happen or what was going on

true

400

the imperfect tense has only three irregular verbs

true

500

there are nine irregular verbs are in the preterite tense

false, there are 10