El imperfecto

The imperfect tense is used to express actions that occurred...

• yesterday

• last night

• repeatedly in the past

• this morning

The endings for -ar verbs are

• aba, abas, aba, abamos, abais, aban

• aba, abas, aba, abamos, abais, abaron

• aba, abas, aba, ábamos, abais, aban

• ía, ías, ía, iamos, íais, ian

The endings for er and ir verbs are

• ia, ias, ia, iamos, ian

• aba, abas, aba, abamos, aban

• ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían

• aba, abais, aban, ian, ia

There are only _____ irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

The irregular verbs in the imperfect are

• ir, ver, and estar

• ir, ver, and tener

• oír, ver, and ser

• ir, ver, and ser

Which one of the following options is not used with the imperfect tense?

• Telling time, date, age in the past tense.

• Completed actions in the past tense

• Physical/Mental states in the past tense

• Ongoing actions (unfinished actions) in the past tense.

Why is it important to keep the subject in the sentence with the imperfect tense?

• The reader may be confused with what tense it is.

• It is not important, it is a trick question.

• The endings are all the same.

• Some of the endings are the same for different subjects.

What is wrong with this sentence? (Hint: it has to do with the verb).

"Nosotros jugabamos con los bloques durante nuestra niñez"

• There is an accent missing in the conjugated verb.

• The ending is not correct.

• We need more information to determine who the subject is.

• The verb is spelled incorrectly.

Cuando yo ______ niña mi familia y yo ______ en el campo.

• estaba, vivia

• era, vivíamos

• era, teníamos

• estaba, vivíamos

Mis hermanos siempre ______ películas de terror.

• salías

• veían

• hablaban

• reían