Realidades L2 preterit vs imperfect

El bebé llorar mucho anoche.

• llorá
• lloró
• lloraba
• llorabas

De niño/a tener muchos modales.

• tenía
• tengo
• tenaba
• teníaba

As a child I loved to smile.

• De pequeño/a me encanta sonreír.
• De pequeño/a me gustaban sonreír.
• De pequeño/a me gustaba sonreír.
• Sonría de pequeño/a 

I left the party early.

• Salí la fiesta temprano.
• Salía la fiesta temprano.
• Salgo la fiesta temprano.
• Fui a la fiesta.

Ella charlar con sus amigos ayer.

• charló
• charla
• charlaba
• charlaron

La casa de mis abuelos era enorme.

• My grandparents house is huge.
• My grandparents house was huge.
• My grandparents house was small.
• My grandparents were ugly.

Él cumplió años la semana pasada.

• He had a birthday last night.
• He had a birthday today.
• He used to celebrate his birthday.
• He had a birthday last week.

Yo asistí el desfile.

• I attended to the file.
• I used to go to parades.
• I attended the parade.
• I assisted in the filing.

De niños celebraban todos los días de festivos.

• Children celebrate all holidays.
• As children, we celebrated all holidays.
• I liked celebrating holidays as a child.
• Children celebrated all the holidays. 

Mis parientes contaban muchos chistes.  

• My parents would tell lots of jokes.
• My parents lied.
• My relatives would tell lots of jokes.
• my relatives tell many jokes.