Use the Imperfect to express: 1. Continuous action in the past or an action that has no indication of beginning or end. Manuel a la escuela en pie. (ir)iba.

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Use the Imperfect to express: 1. Continuous action in the past or an action that has no indication of beginning or end. Manuel a la escuela en pie. (ir)iba

Imperfect 2. An activity that took place regularly. Mi madre ________ todos los días.cocinaba

Imperfect Many times contains such expressions as: todos los díasalgunas veces muchas vecesde vez en cuando frecuentementecon frecuencia generalmenteen esta época mientras siempre cada día a menudo

Imperfect 3. background action or description. ____ un día hermoso y los pájaros _________ alegremente en los árboles. Era cantaban

Imperfect 4. telling time in the past. ____ la una de la mañana. _____ las tres cuando empezó a llover. Era Eran

Imperfect 5. the age of a person or a period in ones life. Cuando yo ________ quince años, me rompí la pierna. Cuando mi abuela ____ joven, asistía a una escuela privada. tenía era

Imperfect 6. a physical, mental or emotional state or description. No comí porque no ______ hambre. Luis no ______ acompañarnos al cine. El extraterrestre ______ los ojos azules. tenía quería tenía

Imperfect 7. the English expression used to. Cuando mi abuela era joven, _______ a una escuela privada. When my grandmother was young, she used to attend a private school. asistía

Imperfect 8. the starting of a fairy tale or fantasy story. Érase una vez… Había una vez… English equivalent of Once upon a time

Use the Preterite to: 1. relate a specific action or event that had a definite beginning or end. _______ a nevar. Mi madre nos ________ la cena. ____ del cuarto y _____ la puerta. Empezó preparó yo Salí cerré

Preterite 2. express what was done once or a certain number of times. Una vez yo _____ en ese restaurante. Yo ____ tres veces al cine el año pasado. comí fui

Preterite 3. report what happened at a particular time. Yo _____ de la escuela a las tres. Eran las ocho cuando ____ de llover. Note that the preterite does not tell the time, but states the action occurred at a particular time. salí cesó

Preterite Many times contains such expressions as: de repenteuna vez el año pasado por la tardeayer anteayer esta mañana anoche la primera vez aquel díaesa noche

Preterite some verbs change meaning in the preterite due to the beginning of the action and the effort put forth. conocí: I met supe: I found out pude: managed to no pude: failed to quise: I tried no quise: I refused tuve que: had to tuve: I received and did

Preterite and imperfect in the same sentence: 1. background action interrupting action imperfect preterite María _________ por el parque cuando _______ a llover. ___________ cuando _____ el teléfono. Cuando mi papá _____ en la sala, yo _________ la radio. caminaba empezó Estudiábamossonó entró escuchaba

Preterite and Imperfect 2. Each verb in the sentence is governed by its individual laws: Eran las cuatro cuando llegamos a casa. Yo tenía cinco años cuando mis padres me regalaron un perro. Generalmente yo estudiaba por la noche, pero ayer estudié por la mañana.

Hace…que The expression Hace…que changes when used in the present, preterite or imperfect. Hace + time + que + present= Have (has) been doing something for an amount of time. Hace seis años que estudio español. I have been studying Spanish for 6 years.

Hace…que Hace + time +que + preterite= ago Hace dos días que mis padres regresaron de Inglaterra. My parents returned from England 2 days ago.

Hace…que Hacía + time + que + imperfect = Had been doing something for a period of time. Hacía 6 meses que salían cuando se casaron. They had been going out for 6 months when they got married.