Preterite Tense
Preterite Verbs
Preterite vs Imperfect
Imperfect Verbs
Imperfect Tense
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What are the endings for the Preterite Tense. Regular and Irregular.
AR ER/IR Irregular e i e aste iste iste o io o amos imos imos aron ieron ieron
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What two verbs conjugate exactly the same? Use each one correctly in a sentence.
IR & SER; sentences.
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What colors do we use for the Preterite and Imperfect and why?
Preterite = red; happened in the past and stopped at a specific time Imperfect = green; happened in the past and kept going
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What are the Imperfect verb endings?
AR ER/IR aba ia abas ias aba ia abamos iamos aban ian
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How many irregulars are there in the imperfect tense and what are they?
3; ir,ver,ser
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List 2 verbs found in the "j group"
decir traer traducir
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Translate the following sentence, using the correct form of the preterite verbs. I tripped and fell.
Me tropece y me cai.
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Translate the following sentence and correctly conjugate the verb in the preterite/imperfect and tell me why. My uncle met my aunt in college in 1982.
Mi tio conocio a mi tia en el collegio en 1982.; P because it happened once and stopped
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What is the Imperfect conjugation that means "there was/were"? And the present tense of that verb is?
habia; hay
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List 3 of the 7 "la cabeza" verbs from the Imperfect tense.
pensar creer aprender considerar dudar saber entender
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List 4 of the 8 irregular preterite verbs from the "u group".
andar estar poder saber tener poner caber haber
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Translate the following sentence using the correct conjugations of the verbs in preterite. On Saturday, I won the race and obtained the medal.
En sabado, Yo gane la carrera y obtuve la medalla.
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How would you say, "What time was it?" Would you use preterite or imperfect and why?
Que hora era? Imperfect; to talk about time...a permanent characteristic of the day.
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Conjugate the three irregular imperfect verbs in all forms.
iba veia era ibas veias eras iba veia era ibamos veiamos eramos iban veian eran
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List 4 of the 8 "el corazon" verbs for the Imperfect tense.
amar querer odiar gustar sentir extranar temar esperar
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List 5 Key words used for the Preterite tense.
cuando una vez el sabado por la noche anoche ayer el ano pasado el mes pasado la semana pasada esta manana hace+tiempo este fin pasado
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What group does the irregular preterite verb venir belong to? Conjugate it in all forms.
the "i group"; vine viniste vino vinimos vinieron
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Conjugate the verb correctly and explain why it's preterite/imperfect. Generalmente, cuantos atletas ___________ (participar) en la competencia?
participaban; keyword: generally.
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Translate the following sentence correctly. I had to train every day to prepare myself.
Tenia que entrenarme cada dia para prepararme.
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List 4 of the 5 uses for the Imperfect tense.
habitual, repeated activities (used to do) activities in progress simultaneous activities to talk about time,weather,age and description interrupted activity
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List 4 of the 5 uses for the Preterite Tense.
single events interrupting activity sequential events/actions narration 5 senses:hands,feet,eyes,ears,mouth,nose
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What are "cambio radicals" and give an example of on and how it conjugates.
sentir mentir preferir seguir servir sonreir dormirse morir despedir medir conseguir divertirse corregir reir
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What does it mean when saber is used in the Preterite? The Imperfect? Give examples of both.
P= found out I= knew; examples.
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Use all 3 irregular Imperfect verbs in a sentence and conjugate them correctly.
Sentence.
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List 5 Key words used for the Imperfect.
Siempre todos los dias aveces cada dia nunca de vez en cuando a menudo generalmente muchas veces
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