Practice with the imperfect tense - Sp. 3

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the Imperfect tense in Spanish?

• To describe completed actions

• To express ongoing or repeated past actions

• To indicate future actions

• To show actions that will happen

Multiple Choice

Translate the following sentence into English: Tú mirabas la tele cuando tu madre llegó.

• You were watching TV when your mother arrived.

• You watch TV when your mother arrives.

• You will watch TV when your mother arrives.

• You have watched TV when your mother arrived.

Multiple Select

What are the steps to conjugate AR verbs in the imperfect tense?

• Remove the AR ending from the infinitive form

• Add the correct imperfect ending based on the subject pronoun

• Use the present tense endings

• Use the future tense endings

Fill in the Blank

Write the correct form of "jugabas" to complete this sentence: Tú ________ al voleibol los domingos..

Fill in the Blank

Write the correct form of "vivir" to complete this sentence: Yo ________ en la ciudad.

Multiple Choice

Yo __________ (pelear = to fight) mucho con mi hermana.

• peleaba
• peleabas

• peleabamos
• peleaía

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

There are only _____ irregular verbs in the imperfect tense. 

• 5
• 4
• 3
• 2

Fill in the Blank

Complete the following sentence with the imperfect of the verb in parentheses.

Uds. (ver) un programa de televisión sobre animales.

Fill in the Blank

Complete the following sentence with the imperfect of the verb in parentheses.

Ella (ir) a montar en la montaña rusa pero tuvo miedo.

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank with the correct form of "ser." Use the chart to help you.

Uds. _______ inteligentes.

• soy

• eres

• es

• somos

• son

Open Ended

Translate these sentences to English:

Nosotros veíamos Paw Patrol.

Lola y Tina eran muy altas y atléticas.

Tú veías a tus abuelos los domingos.

Open Ended

Write a sentence in English that would be an example of the imperfect tense.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct common signal word for the imperfect tense?

• siempre (always)

• ayer (yesterday)

• hoy (today)

• mañana (tomorrow)

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blanks with the correct English translation: siempre → ___

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blanks with the correct English translation: cada → ___

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Fill in the blanks with the correct English translation: a menudo→ ___

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blanks with the correct English translation: todos los días→ ___

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Fill in the blanks with the correct English translation: a veces→ ___

Dropdown

Choose between the imperfect and preterite for the following sentence.

¿Qué hacía él?



Él ​

Select answer

fotos todos los verano.s

Match

Match the following subjects with their correct verb endings in the IMPERFECT for the verb CELEBRAR.

• Yo

• tú

• él / ella / Usted

• nosotros

• ellos / ellas / Ustedes

celebraba

celebrabas

Celebraba

celebrabamos

celebraban

• celebraba

• celebrabas

• Celebraba

• celebrabamos

• celebraban

Drag and Drop

Choose the correct form of the verb in the imperfect tense,



De niña, yo ​

Placeholder

muy feliz.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

era

soy

fui

soyaba

Match

Match the following

• I used to be

• I used to go

• I used to make

• I used to have

• I used to open

Yo era

Yo iba

Yo hacía

Yo tenía

Yo abría

• Yo era

• Yo iba

• Yo hacía

• Yo tenía

• Yo abría

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a correct form of "ver" in the imperfect?

• vía
• ví
• veo
• veía

Labelling

Complete the chart with verb forms.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

corremos

corre

corres

corro

corren

Match

Match the answer

Conjugate the verb SER in the present tense

• son

• somos

• es

• eres

• soy

Yo

Tú

él

nosotros

ellos

• Yo

• Tú

• él

• nosotros

• ellos

Match

Match the following

• I used to be/ was

• You used to be/ were

• they used to be/ was

• We used to be / were

• to be

era

eras

eran

éramos

ser

• era

• eras

• eran

• éramos

• ser

Drag and Drop

For the pronoun 'yo', the correct conjugation of the regular verb 'hablar' in the imperfect tense is

Placeholder

.

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hablabo

hablava

hablaba

hablavaa

Drag and Drop

Fill in the blank (drag and drop) with the correct conjugation of the verb asistir:



Anabel ​

Placeholder

a clase todos los días.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

asistía

asistíamos

asisto

asistían

Match

Match the following subject pronouns with the imperfect -ar ending.

• yo

• tú

• él/ella/ud.

• nosotros

• ellos/ellas/uds.

aba

abas

aba

ábamos

aban

• aba

• abas

• aba

• ábamos

• aban

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