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 1

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

Imperfect Cue words: todos los díasalgunas veces muchas vecesde vez en cuando frecuentementecon frecuencia generalmenteen esta época mientras siempre cada día a menudo 3

Imperfect 3. background action or description. ____ un día hermoso y los pájaros _________ alegremente en los árboles. Era cantaban 4

Imperfect 4. telling time in the past. ____ la una de la mañana. _____ las tres cuando empezó a llover. Era Eran 5

Imperfect 5. the age of a person or a period in one’s life. Cuando yo ________ quince años, me rompí la pierna. Cuando mi abuela ____ joven, asistía a una escuela privada. tenía era 6

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 7

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 8

Imperfect 8. the starting of a fairy tale or fantasy story. Érase una vez… Había una vez… English equivalent of “Once upon a time” 9

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 10

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 11

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 12

Preterite Cue words: de repenteuna vez el año pasado por la tardeayer anteayer esta mañana anoche la primera vez aquel díaesa noche 13

These verbs change meaning when used in the preterite: 14 VerbPresent tensePreterite tense QuererQuiero "I want.."Quise "I tried to.." No Querer No quiero "I don't want.."No quise "I refused to.." Conocer Conozco "I know someone /some place" Conocí "I met someone (first time)" SaberSé "I know a fact.." Supe "I found out.., discovered"

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 15

Preterite and Imperfect in the same sentence: 2. Each verb in the sentence uses preterite or imperfect according to the way it expresses the past: 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. 16

Hace…que The expression “Hace…que” changes meaning when used in the present, preterite or imperfect. Hace + (time period) + 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. 17

Hace…que Hace + (time period) +que + (…preterite…)= “ago” Hace dos días que mis padres regresaron de Inglaterra. My parents returned from England 2 days ago. 18

Hace…que Hacía + (time period)+ 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. 19