El Imperfecto Hablar del Pasado Utilizando el Imperfecto Spanish4Teachers.org

Remember… The Preterite and the Imperfect are used to talk about the past. The Preterite tense is used to speak about COMPLETED actions in the past. The Imperfect tense is used to… Spanish4Teachers.org

Uses of the Imperfect to Talk About the Past To talk about something that used to happen I used to read a story before bed To speak about how old someone was He was 30 years old when… To speak about background events in a story While I was walking through the forest… To say what time it was / talk about the weather. It was 8:30 pm / It was hot To talk about past events that dont have definite starting and ending points. When he was a kid… Spanish4Teachers.org

The Imperfect Tense Of Regular –ar Verbs Keep the stem of the infinitive and add the following endings: hablar yo hablaba nosotros hablabamos tú hablabas vosotros hablabais él/ella hablaba ellos/ellas hablaban Spanish4Teachers.org

The Imperfect Tense Of Regular –er Verbs Spanish4Teachers.org Keep the stem of the infinitive and add the following endings: comer yo comía nosotros comíamos tú comías vosotros comíais él/ella comía ellos/ellas comían

The Imperfect Tense Of Regular –ir Verbs Spanish4Teachers.org Keep the stem of the infinitive and add the following endings: vivir yo vivía nosotros vivíamos tú vivías vosotros vivíais él/ella vivía ellos/ellas vivían

The Imperfect Tense of Irregular Verbs It is so simple you wont believe it!!! Spanish4Teachers.org

The Imperfect Tense only has 2 irregular verbs: Ser Ir Spanish4Teachers.org

2 Irregular Verbs in the Imperfect Ser yo era tú eras él/ella era nosotros éramos vosotros erais ellos/ellas eran Ir yo iba tú ibas él/ella iba nosotros íbamos vosotros ibais ellos/ellas iban Spanish4Teachers.org

Ejemplos… To talk about something that used to happen… – Cuando iba al colegio leía todos los días. Spanish4Teachers.org

Ejemplos… To speak about background events: – Mientras la directora hablaba, yo escuché música en mi ipod. Spanish4Teachers.org

Ejemplos… To say what time it was and to talk about the weather: – Eran las tres de la tarde y hacía un calor infernal. Spanish4Teachers.org

A Practicar ¿Qué era lo que más te gustaba comer cuando eras pequeño? ¿Qué hacías mientras ibas en el bus (coche) al venir al colegio? ¿Cuál era el clima (tiempo) del sitio a donde fuiste de vacaciones el verano pasado? Escribe un pequeño párrafo contando algo que hacías con tus padres cuando eras pequeño. Spanish4Teachers.org