Using the preterite and imperfect tenses!!! Now that we know two forms used for the past tense, the preterite and the imperfect. Lets look at how each.

El Pretérito y El Imperfecto
The Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation
Irregular Preterite Verbs: Tener, Estar, Poder Page 147 Paso a Paso 3.
Preterite vs Imperfect. Preterite - is often used to: Tell the beginning or end of a past action Tell the beginning or end of a past action –La película.
El imperfecto Una forma del pasado. ¿Qué es el imperfecto? El imperfecto is a form of the past tense used to describe actions that have been ongoing in.
The Imperfect Tense: Usos Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation The imperfect tense is also used: To describe people, places, and situations in the.
The Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation Paso A Paso 3 Cap ítulo 2 Páginas 77 y 79.
El Pretérito y El Imperfecto. Here are the reasons to use the imperfect tense: On going action (something that was happening) Yo estudiaba cuando mi hermano.
El Pretérito y El Imperfecto
Háganlo ahora Escriban en inglés 1. Siempre 2. Todos los días 3. Cada día 4. Generalmente 5. Muchas veces 6. Nunca 7. Cada semana Objetivo: Aprender el.
Los usos del pretérito y el imperfecto
What is the Imperfect? The imperfect is a form of the past tense that is used when an action: – Used to happen – Happened repeatedly or habitually – Happened.
EL IMPERFECTO What’s the story?. “Used to” Expresses the idea that something happened repeatedly in the past.
Preterit VS Imperfect Spanish 3. El Pretérito If the action started and ended at a definite time. Yo vi una película anoche. Ella fue a Puerto Rico el.
Review, test strategies and packet answers.  1. Read through once for understanding, while HIGHLIGHTING key words (refer to handout from 9/18)  2. Go.
Practice distinguishing between the preterite and imperfect tenses.
THE IMPERFECT TENSE describe things that used to happen describe places,objects and people (in the past) give background description that is secondary.
Spanish III Mrs. O. Pacheco Test Review. IMPERFECTPRETERIT  The Imperfect past tense is used to describe a scene  The Imperfect focuses on a state of.
El imperfecto y el pretérito
The verb to be. WHAT IS IT USED FOR?HOW DO YOU USE SER?  To identify a person  To saw where someone is from. Yo soyNosotros(as) somos Tú eresVosotros(as)
Spanish 4/4 Honors. Háganlo ahora Form the past participle (ado, ido). Remember, there are irregular past participles too. 1. Hablar 2. Tener 3. Escribir.
EL IMPERFECTO We use the imperfect to talk about actions that happened repeatedly in the past. In English we often say “used to” or “would” to express.
Preterite = happened once = completed past action Imperfect = ongoing in the past = something that was.
¿Dos acciones en una oración: pretérito o imperfecto?
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Over and over and over and over and over in the past.
The Imperfect Tense El Imperfecto. ¿Qué es el imperfecto? To talk about what you used to do What you were like in the past To tell how old you were What.
Dos Acciones en una Oración
¡A pasarlo bien!Gramática 1 Repaso: Ir a + infinitive in the imperfect Preview Ir a + infinitive in the imperfect Grammar Guys.
HABLANDO EN EL PASADO El pretérito. The preterite tense is a ___ ACTION tense. It is used to say what HAPPENED It is used to tell of an action that was.
 Imperfect Tense describes what you used to do.  It’s closely related to past tense, but past tense is something that just happened.
Ahora – Copy down the following questions, then answer it in a complete sentence in Spanish. 1. ¿Qué te gusta hacer después de la escuela? 2. ¿De dónde.
to be going to do something (in the near future)
Trabajo de entrada el quince de mayo Objetivo: Know the imperfect tense and voc. from Ch. 4A Focus: imperfect & voc. Martín and Sara are talking.
The imperfect tense. Look at the following 3 sentences. We ate at two every day The hotel was very big I used to live with my grandparents What do they.
Imperfect Tense -AR Verbs. Notes  In Spanish there are two simple past tenses: the preterite and the imperfect.  The preterite is used to state an action.
El Pretérito y El Imperfecto Español III. In Spanish two past tenses are used. How do we know when to use the preterite tense and when to use the imperfect.
SABER y CONOCER 1b. SABER (to know) Yo sé Tú sabes Él / ella / ud. sabe Nosotros sabemos Vosotros sabéis Ellos / ellas / uds. saben.
Entre familiaGramática 2 Past progressive Preview Past progressive Grammar Guys.
El Imperfecto Interrupted Actions. Remember:  You use the imperfect to talk about what you used to do habitually, or repeatedly.  You also use it to.
Using the preterite and imperfect tenses!!! Now that we know two forms used for the past tense, the preterite and the imperfect. Let’s look at how each.
The Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation Realidades 2, P. 219 Powerpoint edited from mrsshirley.net.
The following slides introduce the new verb IR.
El Pretérito y El Imperfecto. Imperfect: I was speaking, I used to speak hablaba hablabas hablaba hablábamo s hablaban comía comías comía comíamos comí.
Grammar Point: Preterite of -ar verbs Yo -é Nosotros Nosotras -amos ___ y yo Tú -aste Ud. Él -ó Ella 1 person 1 thing Uds. Ellos -aron Ellas 2+ people.
El Presente Progresivo hoypasadofuturo The present progressive describes an action that is in process at the moment we are talking. ¡ahora mismo!
Objetivo: to identify phrases that express someone must do something. Ahora: List 3 adverbs and where are they placed in a sentence.
El imperfecto Use the imperfect tense to talk about actions that happened regularly. In English you often say “used to” or “would” to express this idea.
El Pretérito y El Imperfecto Español III. In Spanish two past tenses are used. How do we know when to use the preterite tense and when to use the imperfect.
Otros usos del imperfecto Cap. 4B, pág El Pretérito: Ayer, la semana pasada, … -ar: -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -aron -er / -ir: -í, -iste, -ió, -imos,
Hoy es el 22 de noviembre Calentamiento Pg. 28 Answer the following question about what you had done this past Saturday before 3pm in English. Write at.
Present Progressive Tense Notes. To form the present progressive, conjugate the verb estar to agree with the subject of the sentence, and follow it with.
Study slides Places to GO & Things to do (GOing to do)
EL IMPERFECTO We use the imperfect to talk about actions that happened repeatedly in the past. In English we often say “used to” or “would” to express.
The imperfect tense: regular verbs  1. The imperfect tense is used to talk about the past, but it has different uses than the preterite.  2. The imperfect.
The verb ir + a + place Hacer Ahora: Repaso! Say where they are from 1. Ella / México 2. Mi madre y yo/ California 3. Tú / La ciudad What do the following.
Uses of the Imperfect & Preterite  We use the imperfect to describe habitual or repeated events in the past.  We use the preterite to describe a particular.
Preterite () of Verbs  When do you use the tense?  To talk about what or what someone did at a in the past.  Key words – tell you something already.
The preterite and imperfect used together Narrating in the past.
Llena (fill in) los espacios con las cosas que necesitas. 1.Yo necesito _____________ para arreglarme el pelo. 2.Yo necesito _____________ para lavarme.
Preterite tense of –ar verbs. What is the preterite tense? To talk about actions that were completed in the past, you use the preterite tense. I buy vs.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs.
The imperfect tense. Look at the following 3 sentences. We ate at two every day The hotel was very big I used to live with my grandparents What do they.
Los Tiempos Progresivos. PRESENTE PROGRESIVO Un Repaso.
En Español. * I n English think about an event that happened yesterday. * N ow, think about what you were doing an hour ago. * L astly, think about something.
Spanish 2.  Most mental processes involve or require a duration of time to complete.
El 23 de marzo español 1 ¡Hay 8 días hasta las vacaciones de primavera!
Preterite VS. Imperfect. Spanish has two past tenses: preterite and imperfect.
El Imperfecto: Describiendo una Situación