Práctica del Pretérito y el Imperfecto
What did you do last night? ¿Qué hiciste anoche?
His name was (llamarse) Se llamaba
No les gustaba hacer la tarea cada día/todos los días. They didn’t like to do their homework every day. No les gustaba hacer la tarea cada día/todos los días.
It took place (tener lugar) Tuvo lugar
It was very cold. Hacía mucho frío.
Me inscribí para la carrea. I signed up for the race. Me inscribí para la carrea.
It came from (venir) Vino de
Eran las tres cuando se cayó. It was 3pm when she fell. Eran las tres cuando se cayó.
It was scary (dar miedo) Daba miedo
It started Empezó / Comenzó
No stem-changes in the imperfect They would ask for Pedían No stem-changes in the imperfect
They are scared (tener miedo) Tenían miedo
He reached his goal. Alcanzó su meta.
It would break (romperse) Se rompía
No one found out. Nadie se dio cuenta.
They would walk caminaban
We were proud of him. Estábamos orgullosos de él.
Llevábamos puesta la camisa. We were wearing the shirt. Llevábamos puesta la camisa.
They asked for pidieron
They took/for themselves (tomar) tomaron
They would go iban
They thought pensaban
It moved (mover) movió
They created (crear) crearon
They arrived Llegaron
They found (encontrar) encontraron
It was a ritual (el ritual) Era un ritual
They tried (tratar) Trataron
We finished (terminar) Terminamos