El Pretérito Regular
I spoke
Yo hablé
He/she/ you gave
dio
I was
Estuve
I used to talk a lot.
Yo hablaba mucho.
(Había / Hubo)
muchas personas
Give a reason. Tell me if its preterite or Imperfect)
Había
( Imperfect - description)
We ran
Nosotros corrimos
Juan and I saw
Juan y yo vimos
She was pretty.
Ella era bonita.
Give a reason. Tell me if its preterite or Imperfect)
Ana watched
Ana miró
My sister went to the market.
Mi hermana fue al mercado.
She told the truth.
Ellas dijo la verdad.
It was 4 o'clock.
Eran las cuatro.
Antes, ella _________ (correr) en el parque.
Give a reason. Tell me if its preterite or Imperfect)
corría (imperfect - repeated action)
You all wrote in class. (formal)
Ustedes escribieron en la clase.
It was a fun day.
Fue un día divertido.
You and I found out.
Tú y yo supimos.
It was cold.
Hacía frío.
Cuando yo ____________ (tener) once años......
Give a reason. Tell me if its preterite or Imperfect)
tenía (imperfect - deception age)
You wore a big dress.
Tú llevaste un vestido grande.
She made cookies.
Ella hizo las galletas.
My friends put on their coats.
Mis amigos se pusieron los abrigos.
We saw movies every sunday.
Veíamos las películas todos los domingos.
Paco fell into the park.
Translate the sentence in Spanish and conjugate the verb. (Give a reason. Tell me if its preterite or Imperfect)
Paco se cayó en el parque. (Preterite - completed action)