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EL PRETÉRITO vs. EL IMPERFECTO

EL PRETÉRITO vs. EL IMPERFECTO

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World Languages

10th - 12th Grade

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10 Slides • 47 Questions

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EL PRETÉRITO vs. EL IMPERFECTO

Son tiempos del pasado que se usa juntos.

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Poll

¿Entendiste lo que leíste anoche para tarea?

Sí, completamente

No, no entendí en absoluto.

Entendí un poco.

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Open Ended

Write three things you know about using the preterite.

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Open Ended

Write three things you know about using the imperfect.

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EL IMPERFECTO

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EL PRETÉRITO

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Multiple Choice

Focus on the beginning or end of an action:

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

weather conditions

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

Age

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

A completed event, or a series of completed events.

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

interrupting actions

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

Ongoing actions that get interrupted

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

Thoughts, emotions, or feelings

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

An action that is over and done in an enclosed amount of time

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

Telling time

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

Repeated events

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

Setting or description

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Pretérito

  • Focus on the beginning or end of an action

  • Reporting a completed event or series of completed events

  • Interrupting actions

  • Over and done in an enclosed amount of time

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Imperfecto

  • Weather conditions

  • Age

  • Telling time

  • Emotions, thoughts

  • Repetition

  • Setting or description

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Multiple Select

Marca las oraciones del pretérito.

1

I went to the game yesterday.

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It started at 3:00.

3

It was raining and cold.

4

The players were tired.

5

The other team scored first.

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Multiple Select

Marca las oraciónes del pretérito.

1

I was nervous they would lose.

2

The best player fell and hurt an ankle.

3

A new player entered the game and scored right away.

4

The team was excited.

5

They scored two more goals and won the game!

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Multiple Select

Marca las oraciones del imperfecto.

1

As a child, my favorite restaurant was in Cape Cod.

2

I ate there every summer.

3

One time, my friends came for my birthday.

4

I was sixteen years old.

5

They ate a lot but they paid the bill!

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¡No olviden!

Hay palabras claves que pueden indicar el pretérito o el imperfecto.

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Multiple Choice

ayer

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

la semana pasada

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

el fin de semana pasado

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

cada año

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

siempre

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

el otro día

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

los domingos

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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Multiple Choice

a menudo

1

pretérito

2

imperfecto

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¡Con cuidado!

Hay verbos que traducen diferente entre el pretérito y el imperfecto.

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Multiple Choice

I met

1

conocí

2

conocía

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Multiple Choice

We found out

1

supimos

2

sabíamos

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Multiple Choice

They thought

1

pensaron

2

pensaban

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Multiple Choice

You wanted

1

quisiste

2

querías

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Multiple Choice

She had to study.

1

Tuvo que estudiar.

2

Tenía que estudiar.

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Verbos que cambian:

  • conocer (met / knew)

  • pensar (suddenly knew / thought)

  • poder (managed to / was able)

  • no querer (refused / didn't want)

  • querer (tried / wanted)​

  • saber (found out / knew)

  • tener (got / had)

  • tener + que (had to / was supposed to)

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Julio Velotodo

protege la vecindad. Cambia su cuento a español.

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Multiple Choice

It was 10:00.

1

Fueron las diez.

2

Eran las diez.

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Multiple Choice

I was taking a walk.

1

Di un paseo.

2

Daba un paseo.

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Multiple Choice

Suddenly, I saw a strange man.

1

De repente, vi a un hombre extraño.

2

De repented, veía a un hombre extraño.

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Multiple Choice

He was very tall.

1

Fue muy alto.

2

Era muy alto.

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Multiple Choice

He was wearing a blue suit.

1

Llevó un traje azul.

2

Llevaba un traje azul.

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Multiple Choice

He was wearing glasses.

1

Llevó los anteojos.

2

Llevaba los anteojos.

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Multiple Choice

He had a bag in his hand.

1

Tuvo un bolso en la mano.

2

Tenía un bolso en la mano.

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Multiple Choice

He entered a café.

1

Entró en un café.

2

Entraba en un café.

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Multiple Choice

He waited ten minutes.

1

Esperó diez minutos.

2

Esperaba diez minutos.

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Multiple Choice

A car arrived.

1

Un coche llegó.

2

Un coche llegaba.

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Multiple Choice

It was a MINI Cooper.

1

Fue un MINI Cooper.

2

Era un MINI Cooper.

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Multiple Choice

There were four people in the car.

1

Hubo cuatro personas en el coche.

2

Había cuatro personas en el coche.

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Multiple Choice

The man left the café.

1

El hombre salió el café.

2

El hombre salía el café.

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Multiple Choice

He got in the car.

1

Subió al coche.

2

Subía al coche.

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Multiple Choice

I wrote the license plate number.

1

Escribí el número.

2

Escribía el número.

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Multiple Choice

It was MA-72812.

1

Era el número MA-72812.

2

Fue el número MA-72812.

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Poll

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On a scale of 1-5, where are you with understanding preterite vs. imperfect? (1 being not at all)

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EL PRETÉRITO vs. EL IMPERFECTO

Son tiempos del pasado que se usa juntos.

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