Preterite vs Imperfect

Done and over with at a completed time

• preterite

• imperfect

habitual past action

• preterite

• imperfect

telling what was happening

• preterite

• 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

Choose the names of the two past tenses in Spanish. 

• preterite and imperfect
• imperfect and subjunctive
• subjunctive and preterite

What tense do these endings belong to?
-é -aste -ó -amos -aron

• preterite
• imperfect

What tense do these ending belong to?
-aba -abas -aba -ábamos -aban

• preterite
• imperfect

Conjugate in Preterite Tense

yo/comprar

• compraste
• compré
• compramos
• compró

Conjugate in Preterite

tú/comer

• comí
• comió
• comieron
• comiste