Spanish 2 - Final Review pt 3 - Pret v imperfect

When you are describing something in the past, which tense do you use?

• Preterite
• Imperfect

To talk about past actions that are complete, which tense do you use?

• Preterite
• Imperfect

When you are listing a sequence of events in the past, which tense(s) do you use? (Ex: I went to art class, I sat in my chair, and I painted a portrait.)

• Imperfect
• Preterite
• It depends

When one action is interrupted by another action in the past, which tense(s) do you use? (Ex: I was doing my homework when the power went out.)

• Both verbs = Imp
• Both verbs = pret
• 1st = pret; 2nd = imp
• 1st = imp; 2nd = pret

To talk about repeated/habitual actions in the past, which tense do you use?

• Imperfect
• Preterite

When two actions are happening simultaneously in the past, which tense(s) do you use? (Ex: While the artist was painting, he was listening to music.)

• both verbs = imp
• both verbs = pret 
• 1st = imp; 2nd = pret
• 1st = pret; 2nd = imp

What is the mnemonic device/acronym we use for the imperfect?

• Deathcows
• Cries

Imprefect or preterite?
Yesterday, I went to the grocery store and bought some sodas.

• imperefect
• preterite

Telling time in the past

• preterite
• imperfect

ongoing past event

• preterite
• imperfect