Preterite
Imperfect
Words and Expressions
Uses
Preterite or Imperfect
100

What are the ar endings for preterite?

é, aste, ó, amos astais, aron

100

What are the ar endings in imperfect?

aba, abas, aba, ábamos, abais, aban

100

This tense needs trigger words to points to a specific time

Preterite.

100

Telling time, age or weather. What tense do you use?

Imperfecto.

100

What do you use to point out an action at a specific time.

What is Preterite

200

Name three irregular preterite verbs and then tell the yo form.

various

200

Name 3 irregular imperfect verbs and tell the nosotros form.

various

200

Imperfect uses vague time references: What are a veces, muchas veces, pocas veces

sometimes, many times, a few times.

200

Time limits or length or amount of times something has happened. What tense do you use?

Preterite.

200

When you want to say ING in the past you use this in 2 ways. Describe both ways.

What is Imperfect tense and Estar in imperfect with ANDO and IENDO.

300

What is the conjugation ser and ir in the preterite.

fui, fuiste fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron

300

Name the 5 rules for Imperfect use.  Use the acronym and what they represent.

Ten Monkeys Drank Root beer Periodically 

Tell, time, age and weather (90%), Mental verbs, Description, Repeated Action, Progressive ING


300

With Frequentemente, do you use, yo miraba or yo miré la tele.

Yo miraba la tele.

300

What is the tense and what rule is being used? Era una noche fría, yo estaba en el aire libre, no había nadie en las calles.

Imperfect, Description

300

Name 3 context words that use Imperfect and 3 that use preterit.

What is Various.

400

Traduccion en inglés Hace cinco años, hicimos un viaje a las Montañas. Fue divertido.

Five years ago, we took a trip to the mountain range. It was fun.

400

Traduccion. Cuando yo era niño, me costaba trabajo montar un monopatín.

When I was young, it was hard for m to ride a skateboard.

400

A veces mis amigos iban a la playa, pero una vez ellos fueron al desierto.

Sometimes my friends went to the beach but once they went to the desert.

400

Traduccion. Translate and tell the reasons for preterite and imperfect.. Mi hermano siempre quería helado de chocolate , pero el comió helado de vainilla anteayer.

My brother always wanted to eat chocolate ice cream but he ate vanilla the day before yesterday. Quería in imperfect because of Always repeated action and comió in preterite because of the Day before Yesterday.

400

Translate. Hacía mucho frío. Eran las diez. Yo no fui a la escuela.

What is It was cold. It was 10 o'clock. I didn't go to school.

500

Traduccion en español. I got up, took a shower and put on clothes.

Me levanté, me duché y me puse la ropa.

500

Traducción It was midnight and it was cold outside. (afuera)

Era la medionoche, y hacía frío en el aire libre.

500

Traduccion en inglés. For a while we wanted a dog. Yesterday we bought a cat.

Por un rato queríamos un perro. Ayer compramos un gato.

500

Traduccion and tell the reasons. I refused to take a walk because it was raining.

 Yo no quise porque llovía. Querer negative preterite means to refuse. And Llovía is imperfect because it was telling the weather.

500

Traduccion; I knew Paco when we were young. I met him in first grade. (grado uno)

What is Conocía a Paco cuando éramos jovenes. Lo conocí en grado uno.

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