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.

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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 tense? Here are the reasons to use the imperfect tense: On going action (something that was happening) Yo estudiaba cuando mi hermano entró mi cuarto. Two ongoing actions going on at the same time Esa chica hacía la tarea mientras que yo dorm í a What one used to do Cuando yo era niño, jugaba con juguetes.

El imperfecto Age El hombre tenía 37 años. Time on the clock Eran las tres de la tarde Weather Hacía frío Thoughts and Emotions Ella estaba muy triste. Name Ella se llamaba… Physical Descriptions El chico era alto y tenía pelo caf é !

El Pretérito Quick/completed Actions that occur. (Main actions or events in a story. Fui al mercado y compré comida para la cena Actions that occurred at a specific time. Estudié por cinco horas ayer. Actions repeated a specific number of times. Te llamé por teléfono tres veces anoche.

El Pretérito On going actions that are interrupted; the interrupted actions are always in the preterit tense –Yo nadaba en el océano cuando mi hermano llegó a la playa. –Yo entré la clase mientras que el profesora hablaba

For both the imperfect and preterite tenses, there are trigger words. Here are some common trigger words for the imperfect and preterite El imperfecto: Siempre, normalmente, por lo general, usualmente, algunas veces, a veces, todos los días, nunca, mientras que….. El Pretérito Anoche, ayer, el otro día, anteayer, el año pasado, el mes pasado, de repente….. Los verbos de empezar/terminar

Verbs that change meaning Verb P I Querer to try to want Poder to manage to be able to Conocer to meet to know Saber to find out to know

¡Práctica! 1.Cuando yo (era/fui) niña, saltaba la cuerda. 2.Anoche mis amigos (salían, salieron) por las calles. 3.Mi padre siempre (miraba, miró) la televisión. 4. Yo (era/ fui) a la tienda tres veces ayer. 5. La chica (tenía/ tuvo) trece años. 6. Nosotros (hacíamos/ hicimos) la tarea el otro día. 7. Mi maestro nos (gritaba/ gritó) a veces. 8. Mi familia (veía/ vio) películas todos los jueves. 9. El año pasado yo (estudiaba/ estudié) mucho. 10. Ellos (estaban/ estuvieron) enojados con los resultados.