Pretérito V.S. Imperfecto

Preterite

100

Conjugate Hablar in the yo form

hablé

200

Conjugate comer in the tú form

comiste

300

Conjugate correr in the third person plural form (ustedes/ellos/ellas)

corrieron

400

Conjugate nadar in third person singular form (él/ella/usted)

nadó

500

Conjugate caminar in the nosotros form

caminamos

Imperfect

100

Conjugate jugar in yo form

jugaba

200

Conjugate tener in the tú form

tenías

300

Conjugate hacer in the third person plural (ustedes/ellos/ellas)

hacían

400

Conjugate vivir in the nosotros form

vivíamos

500

conjugate desayunar in the third person singular (él/ella/usted)

desayunaba

Preterite-car-gar-zar

100

Conjugate brincar in the preterite yo form

brinqué

200

Conjugate pegar in the fist person sing. (yo)

pegué

300

Conjugate lanzar in the preterite nosotros form

lanzamos

400

conjugate colgar in the fist person sing. (yo)

colgué

500

conjugate lanzar in the first person singular (yo)

lancé

Translations

100

Translate "I spoke Spanish with my friend" to Spanish.

hablé español con mi amigo/a

200

Translate "we ate yesterday" to Spanish

Comimos ayer

300

Translate " Ella nadaba cada lunes" in English

She used to swim every Monday

400

Translate to Spanish: you used to have a dog

Tenías un perro

500

Translate "many times, I would go to the park" to 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 (ser, ir, ver)

500

there are nine irregular verbs are in the preterite tense

false, there are 10 (ser, ir, hacer, tener, estar, poder, poner, decir, traer, saber)