Imperfect and Preterate

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100

My mom stabbed the food last night.

Mi mamá apuñulío la comida anoche.

200

Creía que no era facíl correr en las manañas.

 I believed it wasn't easy to run in the mornings.

300

I was in the dirty streets every Thursday.

Yo estaba en las calles sucias los viernes.

400

My dad had a flat tire yesterday.

Mi papa tevío una llanta ponchada ayer.

500

Alisha quería hablar con los vecinos rudiosos los domingos.

Alisha used to want to talk with the noisy neighbors every Sunday.  

Irregular Verbs

100

Yo form of "tener que" in preterite tense 

Tuve que

200

El/ella form of "ir a" in preterite tense

Fue a 

300

Tu form of "hacer" in the preterite tense. 

Hiciste

400

Yo form of “decir” in the preterite tense.

Dije

500

The nosotros form of “venir” in the preterite tense.

Vinimos

Additional Info

100

These verbs never have accents.

Irregular verbs in the preterite tense.

200

Used when a person did something and completed the action.

Preterite tense

300

Used when a person was doing something often

Imperfect tense

400

These two verbs are the same when conjugated in the preterite tense.

Ir and Ser

500

In what tense are the 'yo' and 'él/ella/usted' the same?

Imperfect

Justify Imperfect Use

100

Era a la una cuando ella peleba en el parque.

Time

200

Cuando seis años me gustaba ir a la tienda.

Age

300

Tenía que limpiar mí cuarto los lunes.

Habitual Action

400

Vivia en California cuando aprende caminar.

Background info

500

Estaba corriendo.

Ongoing action 

Parts of Charts

100

Aba

Abas

Aba

Abamos

Aban

What is -Ar imperfect?

200

É

Aste

Ó

Amos

Aron

What is -AR preterite?

300

Í

Iste

Ío

Imos

leran

What is -Ir/Er preterite?

400

E

Iste

O

Imos

Ieron

What is preterite irregular?

500

Ía

ías

Ía

Iamos

Ían

What is -Ir/Er imperfect?