Pret vs Imperfect 2020

Determined start or end time

• preterite

• imperfect

Done and over with at a completed time

• preterite

• imperfect

habitual past action

• preterite

• imperfect

setting the scene of a story

• preterite

• imperfect

telling what was happening

• preterite

• imperfect

Interrupts the other tense

• preterite

• imperfect

Yo limpiaba la casa cuando el teléfono sonó. Why imperfect (limpiaba) and then preterite (sonó)?

• Habituation and Completed past action

• Preterite interrupts the imperfect

• Preterite set the scene

Which of the following is not a use of the imperfect?

• location

• emotional state

• age

• definite end time

Muchas veces

• preterite

• imperfect

una vez

• preterite

• imperfect