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.

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

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2 Using the preterite and imperfect tenses!!!

3 Now that we know two forms used for the past tense, the preterite and the imperfect. Let’s look at how each is used.

4 The preterite tells you about an action that started and ended at a definite time. Viajé a Costa Rica el verano pasado. Viajé a Costa Rica el verano pasado. I traveled to Costa Rica last year. I traveled to Costa Rica last year. Viví en España un año. Viví en España un año. I lived in Spain one year. I lived in Spain one year. Comieron una pizza anoche. Comieron una pizza anoche. They ate a pizza last night. They ate a pizza last night.

5 The imperfect tells about past actions without saying when they begin or end. Todo el mundo dormía. Todo el mundo dormía. Everybody was sleeping. Everybody was sleeping. La chica cantaba. La chica cantaba. The girl was singing. The girl was singing. Mi padre trabajaba en el banco todos los días. Mi padre trabajaba en el banco todos los días. My father worked in the bank everyday. My father worked in the bank everyday. Other Imperfect uses: The sentences do not tell you when the action started and ended. Also, with age, time, weather, and background events of a story. “Was+ing and Were+ing”

6 Práctica 1.A las dos anoche mi hermana (cenó, cenaba) con una amiga. 2.Los hombres (miraron, miraban) una película. 3.Ayer yo (hice, hacía) la tarea a las cinco por la noche. 4.Nosotros (bailamos, bailábamos) en la discoteca Mariela todos los viernes. 5.Mi abuela siempre(trepó, trepaba) a los árboles. 6.Tú (tuviste, tenías) catorce años cuando eras el mejor jugador de baloncesto.