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
Imperfecto o Pretérito.
Preterite vs Imperfect
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.
Preterite or Imperfect?
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs
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.
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
GRAMÁTICA El Imperfecto The Imperfect You already know how to talk about the past by using the preterit tense. Today you will learn about the imperfect,
The Imperfect Tense Page 203 Avancemos 2.
Háganlo ahora-complete in pairs Hagan una lista de palabras que indican que tienen que usar el imperfecto Hagan una lista de palabras que indican que.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Over and over and over and over and over in the past.
EL IMPERFECTO What’s the story?. “Used to” Expresses the idea that something happened repeatedly in the past.
El Pretérito y El Imperfecto
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.
EL PRETÉRITO Y EL IMPERFECTO ¿CUÁL ES LA DIFERENCIA?
T HE I MPERFECT T ENSE > Chapters 6-7. R EGULAR VERB CONJUGATIONS hablaban ustedes, ellos, ellas hablabais vosotros(as) hablábamos nosotros(as) hablaba.
THE IMPERFECT TENSE: REGULAR VERBS PRETERITE You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended.
El pretérito y el imperfecto Are both used to talk about past events.
¡para empezar! 2 de marzo Conjugate the following verbs in the IMPERFECT!!! él / bailar yo / vivir ellos / cantar nosotros / comer tú / hablar bailaba.
El imperfecto y el pretérito
The Imperfect Tense: Regular-Irregular Verbs Page 63 Avancemos 3.
¿PRETÉRITO O IMPERFECTO?. PRETÉRITO It happened once Interrupting action in the past Narration in a story…what happened? It has a specific time/ending.
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 The imperfect tense is also used in the PAST. The imperfect tense is used to refer to actions in the past that occurred repeatedly.
The other past tense Señora Haldenwang.  The imperfect tense is used to refer to actions in the past that occurred repeatedly. Ejemplo: Yo caminaba cada.
Preterite = happened once = completed past action Imperfect = ongoing in the past = something that was.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Over and over and over and over and over in the past.
Ahora: responde a las preguntas  ¿Qué haces después de llegar al aeropuerto?  ¿Te da miedo cuando el avión despegue?
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Page 194 Realidades 2.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs and irregular verbs.
The Imperfect Tense: Preterite  You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended at a definite.
Propósito # 70: ¿Quieres ir a la fiesta? La Actividad Inicial Change to the past tense. 1.Ellos comen empanadas. Ellos comieron empanadas. 2. María y yo.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Preterite  You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular-Irregular Verbs Page 42 – Chapter 1 Realidades 3.
¿Qué hiciste durante tus vacaciones? Fui a España y me alojé en un hotel. Nadé en el mar durante el día y bailé en la discoteca con mis amigos por la noche.
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.
El imperfecto El imperfecto Vacaciones de los veranos de 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985…
Preterite vs. Imperfect.  When speaking about the past, you can use either the preterite or the imperfect, depending on the sentence and the meaning.
Hoy es el 5 de enero.. Para comenzar: ¿Qué hiciste durante las vacaciones? ¿Adónde fuiste? In your journal, write about what you did and where you went.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Courtesy of: grammar/real2grammar/
EL IMPERFECTO Voces Nivel 2 – Capítulo 4. El imperfecto El imperfecto, like the preterite, is used to talk about the past. However, the imperfect and.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Realidades 2, p194 Powerpoint adapted from
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Page 194 Realidades 2.
El Pretérito y El Imperfecto. Imperfect: I was speaking, I used to speak hablaba hablabas hablaba hablábamo s hablaban comía comías comía comíamos comí.
El imperfecto 194 Bad Romance Don't Stop. El imperfecto The imperfect is another past tense in Spanish. It is used when you talk about events that happened.
 In Spanish, the preterite form is used to express actions that have already happened.  In other words, preterite simply means past tense.
You’ve already learned to use the preterite tense to speak about completed action in the past. jug____ jug_____ jug__jug____ corr__corr____ corr_____ corri__corr_____.
Preterite Verbs Talk about the past using Regular Preterite Verbs.
Usos del imperfecto y el preterito Imperfect vs preterit.
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.
PRETERITE OF –AR VERBS. EQ: ◦When is the preterit used? What clues are given?
PALABRAS Y FRASES USADAS EN EL PASADO Y EL IMPERFECTO
EL IMPERFECTO/ IMPERFECT TENSE: AR: -aba/-abas/-aba/- ábamos/-aban. IR/ ER:-ía/-ías/-ía/ - íamos/-ían.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Page 194 Realidades 2.
El Imperfecto Past Tense. Los Verbos “AR” Take off “ar” add: abaábamos abasabais abaaban.
Imperfecto Actions that happened repeatedly in the past; Are not complete, Was happening, or Used to happen. Telling time in the past, and Telling age.
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.
Unidad 4 Lección 1 Preterite vs. Imperfect
Sr. Uceda FS3.  Here are the reasons to use the imperfect tense:  On going action (something that was happening)  Yo estudiaba cuando mi hermano entró.
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.
EL PRÉTERITO O EL IMPERFECTO. USES OF THE PRETERITE Simple, isolated action that is totally completed in the past (happened once) Ayer fui a la tienda.
Vámonos Write out the following sentences in Spanish and English. 1)Anoche, yo comí con mi familia. 2)Cuando yo era niña, siempre comía con mi familia.
The Imperfect Tense E L IMPERFECTO. Remember the Preterite Tense.
Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs. You have already learned to talk about completed actions in the past using the preterite tense. Ayer Rafael patinó y Mónica.
U NIDAD 1 E TAPA 1 P RETERITE V ERBS Spanish 2 Sra. Lear 17/9/13.
El imperfecto Los verbos regulares ¿Recuerdas? You have already learned to talk about completed actions in the past using the preterite tense. Ayer Rafael.
6.1-1  In Lección 5, you learned how to form past participles. You will now learn how to form the present perfect indicative (el pretérito perfecto de.