Imperfect Tense.

Presentación del tema: "Imperfect Tense."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 Imperfect Tense

2 Expresses what someone used to do (habits)
IMPERFECT TENSE A past tense Expresses what someone used to do (habits) Expresses was/were doing (ongoing past action)

3 Formation of Regular –AR verbs
IMPERFECT TENSE Formation of Regular –AR verbs HABLAR hablaba hablábamos hablabas hablaban

4 Formation of Regular –ER verbs
IMPERFECT TENSE Formation of Regular –ER verbs COMER comía comíamos comías comían

5 Formation of Regular –IR verbs
IMPERFECT TENSE Formation of Regular –IR verbs VIVIR vivía vivíamos vivías vivían

6 IMPERFECT TENSE Did you notice? -ER and –IR endings are identical
The Yo and él/ella/Ud. Forms share the same ending in each category

7 IMPERFECT TENSE There are only 3 irregular verbs in the Imperfect Tense. There are NO stem or spelling change verbs. Yay!

8 IMPERFECT TENSE: Irregulars
SER IR VER era éramos iba íbamos veía veíamos eras ibas veías eran iban veían

9 IMPERFECT TENSE Specific uses
Habitual past actions (used to do) Ongoing/unfinished past actions (was doing/were doing) Weather Descriptions Age Time (hour on the clock) General (non-specific) time periods Mental/Physical sensations

10 IMPERFECT TENSE Habitual Past Actions
Used to do Ejemplo: Cuando ella era niña, visitaba a su abuela los domingos. When she was a little girl, she used to visit her grandmother on Sundays.

11 IMPERFECT TENSE Ongoing Past Actions
Was doing/were doing Ej: Mariana comía durante su programa favorito, Jeopardy! Mariana was eating during her favorite program, Jeopardy!

12 IMPERFECT TENSE Weather
Hacía frío y viento durante la tormenta de nieve. It was cold and windy during the snowstorm.

13 IMPERFECT TENSE Descriptions
Carlos era un hombre guapo que tenía pelo negro y ojos verdes. Carlos was a handsome man who used to have black hair and green eyes.

14 IMPERFECT TENSE Age ¿Cuántos años tenías en 2005? Yo tenía quince años. How old were you in 2005? I was 15 years old.

15 IMPERFECT TENSE Time (on the clock)
Eran las siete y media al principio de la clase. It was 7:30 at the beginning of class.

16 IMPERFECT TENSE General (non-specific) Time Periods
mucho muchas veces a veces A menudo Frecuentemente/con frecuencia Generalmente/usualmente Durante Mientras Cada____________(año, día, semana, etc).

17 IMPERFECT TENSE Mental & Physical Sensations
SABER CONOCER TENER (sed/hambre, frío/calor, sueño) PENSAR SENTIRSE CREER ESTAR GUSTAR DOLER (o:ue) ESPERAR QUERER DESEAR NECESITAR