
Childhood memories
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Anabelle Montilla-Bizoso
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El imperfecto y los adjetivos
Unit 6: Childhood memories
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The Imperfect Tense
The imperfect tense is best expressed as "used to" or was/were doing something in English. It has some other uses in Spanish as well.
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Multiple Select
check the imperfect endings
-aba
-é
-íais
-amos
-ían
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Regular Imperfect
The endings are added to the stem of the verb like present and preterit tense.
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Hablar- used to speak/was speaking
hablaba
hablabas
hablaba
hablábamos
hablabais
hablaban
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "Juan used to speak."?
Juan está hablando.
Juan hablaba.
Juan habló
Juan usado hablar.
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Comer- used to eat/was eating
comía
comías
comía
comíamos
comíais
comían
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "María was eating."?
María comió.
María comaba.
María comía.
Maria come.
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Imperfect Irregulars
There are only 3 irregular verbs in the imperfect tense:
Ser, Ir and Ver
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Multiple Select
Check all of the verbs that are irregular in the imperfect tense.
ser
estar
tener
ver
Ir
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Ser- used to be/ was being
era
eras
era
éramos
erais
eran
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Multiple Choice
How do you say I used to be blond."?
Yo soy rubia.
Yo fui rubia.
Yo estaba rubia.
Yo era rubia.
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Ir-used to go/was going
iba
ibas
iba
íbamos
ibais
iban
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "We were going to school."?
Nosotros éramos ir a la escuela.
Nosotros íbamos a la escuela.
Nosotros vamos a la escuela.
Nosotros fuimos a la escuela.
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Ver- used to see/ was seeing
veía
veías
veía
veíamos
veíais
veían
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Multiple Choice
How do you say "They used to see the movies."?
Ellos veían las películas.
Ellos ven las películas.
Ellos vieron las películas.
Ellos usado ver las películas.
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Multiple Select
Check all that apply: How do you say "Sara vivía en Búfalo" in English?
Sara lives in Buffalo.
Sara used to live in Buffalo.
Sara will live in Buffalo.
Sara was living in Buffalo.
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Multiple Choice
Ellos _____ salsa todos los jueves antes de la cuarentena.
bailamos
bailían
bailieron
bailaban
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Multiple Choice
Mi mamá siempre _____ que yo fuera médico.
quiere
quiso
quería
queraba
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Multiple Choice
Cuando _____ jóven, a mi hermana le encantaba tocar el piano.
era
iba
fue
sera
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Multiple Choice
Cuando yo _____ siete años, fui a la playa con mis primos.
tuve
tenaba
tenía
tuvía
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Multiple Choice
Tú _____ a asistir a la reunión, ¿no?
viste
ibas
fuiste
fue
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¿Cuándo se usa el imperfecto?
Habitual/Repeated Actions in the past
Ongoing actions in the past (was ... -ing)
Actions not seen as completed or perfected
Describing a setting/Setting the scene
Describing the date, weather, emotions, etc
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¿Cómo era tu casa cuando niño? Dibújala.
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Open Ended
Describe tu casa cuando eras niño. Recuerda usar el imperfecto y adjetivos.
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