
Pretérito o Imperfecto - El pasado en español
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Pretérito o Imperfecto
- El pasado en español
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El pretérito
Por Profe Herrera
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Pretérito
Generally, the preterite is used for completed actions (actions that have definite beginning and endpoints) These can be actions that can be viewed as single events, part of a chain of events, actions that were repeated a very specific number of times, or actions that specifically state the begging and end of an action.
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Ejemplos del Pretérito / Examples
Ayer fui a la casa de mis abuelos para cenar.
Yesterday I went to my grandparent's house for dinner.
Esta mañana me desperté tarde.
This morning I woke up late.
The underlined words are key to know if the actions had a definite beginning and endpoints.
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Pretérito / When to use it!
Actions that occurred at a specific time or one time.
Actions that happened a specific number of times.
Actions that had a defined beginning and end.
Main actions or events
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Pretérito / When to use?
1. Actions that occurred at a specific time or one time.
Ejemplo / Example:
La semana pasada mis amigos y yo vimos una película en el cine.
Last week my friends and I watched a movie in the movie theater.
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Pretérito / When to use?
2. Actions that happened a specific number of times.
Ejemplo / Example:
Hace dos años fuimos a jugar golf tres veces el mismo día.
Two years ago we went to play golf three times on the same day.
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Pretérito / When to use?
3. Actions that had a defined beginning and end.
Ejemplo / Example:
Ayer por la noche trabajé desde las 7:00 pm hasta las 11:00 pm en mi tarea de matemáticas.
Yesterday night I worked from 7:00 pm until 11:00 pm in my math homework.
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Pretérito / When to use?
4. Main actions or events
Ejemplo / Example:
El Ryder Cup del año 2020 fue celebrado en el año 2021 en Wisconsin.
The Ryder Cup of 2020 was celebrated in 2021 in Wisconsin.
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El Imperfecto
Español con Profe Herrera
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El Imperfecto
The imperfect tense is generally used for actions in the past that do not have a definite end. These can be actions that are not completed or refer to a time in general in the past.
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Ejemplos del imperfecto / Examples
Cada verano mi familia visitaba las misma playa.
Every summer my family visited the same beach.
Siempre comía la cena con mi abuala.
I always ate dinner with my grandma.
The underlined words are key to know if the actions are not yet completed or refer to a time in general in the past
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Imperfecto / When to use it!
Actions that were repeated an undertemined number of times.
Feelings, beliefs, and emotional states.
Descriptions in the past.
Age and physical appearance.
Time, dates, and weather
"Used to" (verb soler) yo solía ... / I used to ...
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Imperfecto / When to use it!
1. Actions that were repeated an undertemined number of times.
Ejemplo: Example
Con frecuencia, nosotros jugábamos fútbol en el parque.
- With frequency, we played soccer at the park.
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Imperfecto / When to use it!
2. Feelings, beliefs, and emotional states.
Ejemplo: Example
Por lo general Pedro lloraba cuando veía películas tristes.
-Pedro usually cried when he watched sad movies.
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Imperfecto / When to use it!
3. Descriptions in the past.
Ejemplo: Example
Cuando Juana era más joven ella era más simpática.
- When Juana was younger she was nicer.
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Imperfecto / When to use it!
4. Age and physical appearance.
Ejemplo: Example
Tenía veinte años cuando me moví a Los Estado Unidos.
-I was twenty years old when I moved to The United States.
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Imperfecto / When to use it!
5. Time, dates, and weather
Ejemplo: Example
Eran las cinco de la tarde y hacía mucho frío.
-It was five in the afternoon and it was very cold.
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Imperfecto / When to use it!
6. "Used to" (verb soler) yo solía ... / I used to ...
Ejemplo: Example
Mis amigos y yo solíamos ver películas juntos cada viernes durante el invierno.
-My friends and I used to watch movies together every Friday during the winter.
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Vamos a practicar
Completa la oración con la respuesta correcta
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Multiple Choice
El lunes pasado ________ el piano con mi banda por dos horas./ Last Monday I played the piano with mi band for two hours.
tocé
jugué
tocaba
toqué
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Multiple Choice
Ayer por la noche ______ mucho con mis amigos / Last night I had a lot of fun with my friends.
me divertí
tuve divertido
tenía divertido
divertirse
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Multiple Choice
El lunes pasado ________ la guitarra con mi banda por dos horas./ Last Monday I played the guitar with mi band for two hours.
tocé
jugué
tocaba
toqué
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Multiple Choice
Anoche mis amigos y yo _________ (ir : to go) al juego de baloncesto.
vamos
fuimos
ibamos
iremos
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Multiple Choice
Cada verano mi familia _________ (visitar : to visit) un estado diferente.
visitábamos
visitaba
visitó
va a visitar
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Multiple Choice
Por supuesto, que cada navidad cuando erámos más jóvenes_________ (comer : to eat) la cena todos en familia en la casa de mi abuela.
comemos
comíamos
comer
comía
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Multiple Choice
Esta mañana _____ un partdo de fútbol y mi equipo ganó/ This morning I played a soccer game and my team won.
jugaba
jugué
jugo
jugé
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Multiple Choice
Su casa _________ roja y pequeña. His/her house was red and small.
era
fue
fui
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Multiple Choice
______ cinco años cuando aprendí a montar mi bicicleta. I was five years old when I learned to ride my bicycle.
tuve
tenía
era
fui
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Multiple Choice
_______ las 3:00pm cuando ella me llamó. / It was 3:00pm when she called me.
fue
fueron
eran
era
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Multiple Choice
_______ cuando me llamó / I was eating when he called me.
fue comiendo
estaba comiendo
era comiendo
comió
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Multiple Choice
Él _______ triste / He was sad.
fue triste
estaba triste
era triste
estuvo triste
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