IMPERFECTO
SER / IR / VER
VOCABULARIO
ANTES Y AHORA
Que paso?
SPEAKING
100
Complete: Cuando era niño, yo ___ (jugar) al fútbol.
jugaba
100
Complete: Ella ___ muy tímida. (ser)
era
100
What does de pequeño/a mean?
when I was little / as a child
100
Finish: Antes era ___, pero ahora ___ .
Answers vary.
introvertido
extrovertido
100
Choose: Tenía miedo / Tuve miedo de los perros cuando era niño.
Tenía miedo
100
Start a chisme: ¿Sabías que…? Give one imaginary fact about a fictional person.
¿Sabías que…(something in spanish) ?
200
What does the imperfect usually describe?
Repeated, habitual, background, or descriptive past actions (the past).
200
Complete: Nosotros ___ al parque. (ir)
íbamos
200
Give the Spanish for to get into mischief.
hacer travesuras
200
Say one thing you used to like.
Me gustaba...
200
Complete: De repente, me ___ nervioso. (poner)
puse
200
Describe how that person was as a child using imperfect tense.
Answers vary; use imperfect.
300
Conjugate comer for nosotros in the imperfect.
comíamos
300
Complete: Yo ___ mucha televisión. (ver)
veía
300
What does llevarse bien mean?
to get along well
300
Describe something you used to do after school.
Yo antes.....
Yo iba......
300
What is the difference between estaba triste and me puse triste?
State/background vs. change/reaction.
300
Now say how the person is different today.
Answers vary.
400
Translate: I used to read every night.
Leía todas las noches.
400
What are the three irregular imperfect verbs?
ser, ir, ver
400
Give two personality adjectives in Spanish.
Answers vary: amable, curioso/a, tímido/a, etc.
400
Compare you and a friend: one difference between before and now.
Answers vary.
400
Create a mini-story with background + event + reaction.
Answers vary; should distinguish imperfect state from preterite event/reaction.
400
Ask your teammate question about childhood.
Examples: ¿Cómo era? ¿Qué hacía? ¿Con quién pasaba tiempo?
500
Create a sentence using the imperfect and soler.
Example: Solía jugar videojuegos.
500
Conjugate ir for ellos.
iban
500
Use me molestaba in a sentence.
Sentence must have molestar in it.
500
Give a 3-sentence Antes y Ahora response.
Answers vary; should include imperfect and present.
500
Complete use (saber) to know: No ___ la respuesta. Then: De repente, ___ la verdad.
sabía; supe
500
Tell a 30-second mini-chisme using at least 2 Chapter 6 vocabulary words.
Answers vary; prioritize communication and accurate Chapter 6 language