Avancemos 2 Un. 4.1 Preterite vs. Imperfect

What tense do you use for completed actions?

• Preterite

• Imperfect

What tense do you use for habitual and repeated actions in the past?

• Preterite

• Imperfect

What tense do you use to set up background information for a story?

• Preterite

• Imperfect

What tense do you use for an interruption of an ongoing event?

• Preterite

• Imperfect

What tense do you use for the ongoing action before the interruption happens?

• Preterite

• Imperfect

What tense do you use to describe someone's feelings in the past?

• Preterite

• Imperfect

What tense do you use for an action in the past that happened on a specific day and/or time?

• Preterite

• Imperfect

What tense to you use to tell the time in the past?

• Preterite

• Imperfect

What tense to you use to describe the weather in the past?

• Preterite

• Imperfect

When you see the key words ayer, la semana pasada, anteayer y el mes pasado, you will use the _____ tense.

• preterite

• imperfect