Notes on Imperfect Tense AR,ER,IR and 3 Irregular Verbs

Notes on Imperfect Tense AR,ER,IR and 3 Irregular Verbs-Sp. 3/4

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Imperfect endings for AR verbs-

yo-___aba___nosotros__ábamos

tú____abas___

singular__aba___plural__aban____

Imperfect endings for ER/IR verbs:

yo__ía____nosotros__íamos____

tú__ías___

singular__ía___plural__ían____

3 irregular verbs- Ser, Ver, Ir

Ser- to be/used to be/was-were

yo-__era__nosotros__éramos___

tú__eras___

singular__era__plural__eran____

ver-to see-used to see/was-were seeing

yo-__veía____nosotros__veíamos____

tú-__veías___

singular-__veía___plural__veían___

ir-to go-used to go-was/were going

yo-__iba___nosotros___íbamos_____

tú-__ibas____

singular__iba___plural___iban_____

The imperfect means-used to.......

or was-were.....

example- comer- to eat-used to eat or was/were eating

When is the Imperfect used-

1. for talking about events that used to happen

2. for descriptions

3. to express continuance and duration

Multiple Choice

Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?

"Last summer we stayed in a five star hotel."

• Present tense

• Preterite tense

• Imperfect tense

Multiple Choice

Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?

"The beach was really clean."

• Present tense

• Preterite tense

• Imperfect tense

Multiple Choice

Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?

"We used to go to Portugal every summer."

• Present tense

• Preterite tense

• Imperfect tense

Multiple Choice

Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?

"Last year I went to Spain."

• Present tense

• Preterite tense

• Imperfect tense

Multiple Choice

Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?

"We always go to Greece with my cousins."

• Present tense

• Preterite tense

• Imperfect tense

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:

"I was swimming in the sea when it started to rain."

____________ en el mar cuando empezó a llover.

• Nadaba

• Nadabas

• Nadábamos

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:

"When I was younger I used to go on holiday with my grandparents."

Cuando era joven _________ de vacaciones con mis abuelos.

• fui

• voy

• iba

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:

"The hotel didn't have a swimming pool"

El hotel no _________ piscina.

• tiene

• tuvo

• tenía

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:

"Every year I visited the coast of Wales"

Todos los años _________ la costa de Gales.

• visitaba

• visito

• visité

Multiple Choice

The irregular verbs in the imperfect tense are:

• VER (to see), SER (to be), IR (to go)

• SER (to be), IR (to go), TENER (to have)

• IR (to go), SER (to be), ESTAR (to be)

Multiple Choice

Good news! In the imperfect tense there are only ______ irregular verbs.

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

To form the imperfect tense, we remove the - AR/-ER/-IR ending from the infinitive verb and add the following endings:

• -AR = -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -abais, -aban

  -ER/-IR = - ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían,

• -AR = -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron

  -ER/-IR = -í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron

• -AR = -o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an

  -ER/-IR = -o, -es, -e, -emos, -éis, -en

Multiple Select

We use the imperfect tense to refer to... (tick 3 boxes)

• How things normally are

• What was going on when something else happened

• What is going to happen

• Background description / setting the scene

• What used to happen / how things used to be

Multiple Choice

The imperfect tense is used to refer to __________ events.

• present

• past

• future