MIDTERM STUDY : PRETERITE / IMPERFECT

Cuando yo era niña mis abuelos ________ una casa en la playa de Malibu. 

• tenían
• tuvieron

Done and over with at a completed time

• preterite

• imperfect

Determined start or end time

• preterite

• imperfect

habitual past action

• preterite

• imperfect

setting the scene of a story

• preterite

• imperfect

Era la una por la tarde cuando el emperador regresó.

• IMPERFECT: time

• IMPERFECT: habitual action

• IMPERFECT: description

• PRETERITE: end of an event

Which past tense is used for ongoing or in-progress actions?

• pretérito

• imperfecto

Which past tense "sets the scene" or provides background information?

• pretérito

• imperfecto

Which past tense is used when there is NO specific end or beginning?

• pretérito

• imperfecto

Which past tense is used to express what one "used to do" or "would do" often?

• pretérito

• imperfecto