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The following chart shows you how to form the imperfect of regular verbs. AR ER IR -aba -ía -ía -abas -ías -ías -ábamos -íamos -íamos -abais -íais -íais -aban -ían -ían

There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect. Here they are. Ser Ir Ver era iba veía eras ibas veías éramos íbamos veíamos erais ibais veíais eran iban veían

Práctica.Contesta las siguientes preguntas con la forma correcta del imperfecto. jugaba 1. Yo siempre con unos muñecos de peluche. (jugar) 2. Nosotros veintiocho años. (tener) 3. __________ las nueve y media de la noche. (ser) 4. Mi hermana nunca a los árboles. (trepar) 5. Mis hermanitos siempre se malos en el centro comercial. (portar) 6. Cuando era niño, yo a España con mis padres todos los veranos. (ir) 7. Mis amigos a las discotecas cuando eran más jóvenes. (salir) teníamos Eran trepaba portaban iba salían

¿Cuándo se usa el tiempo imperfecto? 1. To express Background Information / Conditions (including weather, age, time, and physical description) Often these are things that set the scene of a story / event. 2. To express Emotions(thoughts) / Attitudes/habitual actions 3. Simultaneous Actions (actions in progress) 4. On-going Actions (was/were + -ing) Non-specific period of time

a menudo often a veces sometimes cada día every day cada año every year con frecuencia frequently de vez en cuando from time to time en aquella época at that time frecuentemente frequently generalmente usually muchas veces many times mucho a lot nunca never por un rato for awhile siempre always tantas veces so many times todas las semanas every week todos los días every day todo el tiempo all the time several times varias veces

Acronyms to remember (Ten monkeys died using red windex.) T… M… D… U…

Acronyms to remember (Ten monkeys died using red windex.) T… Time in the past M…Mental verbs (querer, pensar, tenía que..etc) D…Description U…“Used to” R… Repetition W… “Was/Were doing” (Ej. Caminaba/was walking)

I Pat Whales I P A T W H L E S

I Pat Whales Imperfect Physical (description of an event-fiesta/concierto) Era alto y guapo. Llevaba anteojos(glasses) Age Tenía veinte años. Era bastante joven. Time Eran las diez de la noche; era tarde Weather Hacía frío. Nevaba. Llovía Habitual Vivíamos en NY. Siempre hacía mi tarea. Attitude (mental process- I desired=desear, I wanted to=querer, I thought about= pensar de/pensar sobre, I hoped=esperar) Pensaba en las vacaciones. Location Yo estaba en casa. Me quedaba en el hotel. Emotion Estaba enojada. Nos emocionábamos. Simultaneous Action Mi padre comía y mi madre hablaba.

más AL WEPT A L W E P T

AL WEPT A: age, attitude, appearance L: location W: weather E: emotion P: physical attributes T: time; thoughts

Número 5 Había and Era/Eran are often confused. What are the differences in meaning between the two? Había— Era— Eran—

Había and Era/Eran are often confused Había and Era/Eran are often confused. What are the differences in meaning between the two? Había—there was/there were Era—I was, it was, she was, he was, you were Eran—you-all were, they were

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The imperfect tense is also used to refer to actions in the past that occurred over an extended period of time. ( I used to walk every day. Yo caminaba cada día.) The imperfect tense is also used to "set the stage" for an event that occurred in the past (I used to eat paella frequently. Yo comía frecuentemente paella.) (We were coming home when we saw Juan. Veníamos para casa cuando vimos a Juan.) Actions which are not physical, that is feelings and mental actions, usually use the imperfect tense. (….Juan was feeling sick. Juan estaba enfermo.) The imperfect is frequently associated with phrases that describe the frequency of past actions.

You can use the imperfect in the following ways: You’ve already learned to use the preterite tense to talk about completed actions in the past. Now you’ll review another past tense called the imperfect!! You can use the imperfect in the following ways: To speak about background events in a story. To talk about something you used to do as a habit. A repeated or habitual activity To speak about physical characteristics To express thoughts and Emotions To express time, age, and weather