
Preterite vs Imperfect
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Mrs. S. Kotch
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Preterite vs. Imperfet Tense
Talking About the Past in Spanish
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Talking about the past...
There are 2 past tenses in Spanish
Preterite Tense: The Simple Past (completed actions)
Imperfect Tense: The Ongoing Past (ongoing actions)
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Multiple Choice
Preterite and Imperfect Tenses are used to talk about actions that happen in the ______.
present
past
future
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-í -imos
-iste -isteis
-ió -ieron
-ER/-IR Verb Endings
-é -amos
-aste -asteis
-ó -aron
-AR Verb Endings
Preterite Tense Endings
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Match
Match the following -AR Preterite verb endings to their subjects.
Yo
Tú
Él/Ella/Usted
Nosotros
Ellos/Ellas/Uds
-é
-aste
-ó
-amos
-aron
-é
-aste
-ó
-amos
-aron
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Dropdown
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Dropdown
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-ía -íamos
-ías -ías
-ía -ían
-ER/-IR Endings
-aba -ábamos
-abas -abais
-aba -aban
-AR Endings
Imperfect Tense Endings
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Match
Match the following Imperfect -AR verb endings to the subjects.
Yo
Tú
Él/Ella/Usted
Nosotros
Ellos/Ellas/Uds
-aba
-abas
-aba
-ábmos
-aban
-aba
-abas
-aba
-ábmos
-aban
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Dropdown
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Dropdown
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Action completed at specific time in the past
Actions that occurred a specific number of times
Expressing a chaing of events in the past
Specific Time Period
Expressed as -ed in English
Actions that are completed in the past
Used to express the beginning and the end of an action.
Completed Actions
Preterite Usage
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Multiple Choice
Translate: I walked to school yesterday.
Yo camino a la escuela ayer.
Yo caminaba a la escuela ayer.
Yo caminé a la escuela ayer.
Yo caminaste a la escuela ayer.
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el mes pasado= last month
el año pasado= last year
el verano pasado= last summer
hace tres días= 3 days ago
tres veces= three times
ayer= yesterday
anoche= last night
la semana pasada= last week
Specific Time Period
Preterite Phrases
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Match
Match the following Spanish phrases to the English phrases.
ayer
anoche
esta noche
hace 3 días
el año pasado
yesterday
last night
tonight
3 days ago
last year
yesterday
last night
tonight
3 days ago
last year
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Multiple Choice
Translate: Juan lived in Buffalo 10 years ago.
Juan vive en Búfalo hace 10 años.
Juan vivió en Búfalo hace 10 años.
Juan vivía en Búfalo hace 10 años.
Juan viví en Búfalo hace 10 años.
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Actions repeated a non-specific number of times
Talking about your childhood in the past
Background, Age, Time, Habits
Description of people and things in the past
Non-specific Time Period
Expressed as used to or was -ing in English
Actions occurring over an extended period of time
Expressing mental states
On-going Actions
Imperfect Usage
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Multiple Choice
Translate: I used to sing in the chorus.
Yo cantaba en el coro.
Yo canté en el coro
Yo canto en el coro.
Yo cantabas en el coro.
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todos los días= every day
cada mes= every month
a menudo= often
de vez en cuando= from time to time
hace muchos días= several days ago
muchas veces= many times
a veces= sometimes
el otro día= the other day
ese día= that day
una noche= one night
generalmente
Non-Specific Time Perod
Imperfect Phrases
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Match
Match the following Spanish phrases to the English.
muchas veces
a veces
todos los días
a menudo
hace muchos días
many times
sometimes
every day
often
several days ago
many times
sometimes
every day
often
several days ago
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Categorize
tres veces
muchas veces
anoche
una noche
la semana pasada
todos los días
hace tres días
hace muchos días
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Drag and Drop
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Reorder
Reorder the following
Tú
comías
la pizza
todos
los días
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Categorize
hablaron
hablaban
cantó
cantaba
vivimos
vivíamos
comí
comía
bebiste
bebían
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Multiple Choice
Translate: Yo cantaba en el coro.
I sang in chorus.
I sing in chorus.
I will sing in chorus.
I used to sing in chorus.
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Multiple Choice
Translate: Juan ate pizza yesterday.
Juan comía la pizza ayer.
Juan come la pizza ayer.
Juan comió la pizza ayer.
Juan va a comer la pizza.
Preterite vs. Imperfet Tense
Talking About the Past in Spanish
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