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

tenías

300

Conjugate hacer in the third person plural

hacían

400

Conjugate vivir in the nosotros form

vivíamos

500

conjugate desayunar in the nosotros form

desayunábamos

Irregulars

100

Conjugate pasar in the preterite yo form

anduve

200

Conjugate tener in the third person singular form

tuvo

300

Conjugate estar in the preterite nosotros form

estuvimos

400

conjugate ir in the imperfect nosotros form

íbamos

500

conjugate ver in the imperfect third person singular form

veía

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 "every day, i would go to the park" in spanish

todos los días, 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/one time

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 muchos muchos