QUIZ: COMPLETA CON PRETÉRITO E IMPERFECTO

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

• Preterite
• Imperfect

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

• Imperfect
• Preterite

ayer

• pretérito

• imperfecto

de vez en cuando

• pretérito

• imperfecto

hace # días, meses, años

• pretérito

• imperfecto

en aquella época

• pretérito

• imperfecto

todas las semanas

• pretérito

• imperfecto

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

Determined start or end time

• preterite

• imperfect

Pedro era un niño aventurero/adventurous.

• Preterite: one time event

• Preterite: start of something

• Imperfect: time

• Imperfect: description