Differentiating Preterite and Imperfect in Spanish

What are the two past tenses discussed in the video?

• Preterite and Imperfect

• Present and Future

• Imperfect and Conditional

• Conditional and Subjunctive

What is the primary use of the preterite tense?

• To talk about ongoing actions

• To describe habits

• To set up another action

• To describe actions that happened once and are completed

Which tense is used for actions that have a definite end?

• Present

• Future

• Preterite

• Imperfect

Which tense would you use to describe a one-time event that happened yesterday?

• Imperfect

• Preterite

• Past Perfect

• Present Perfect

How is the imperfect tense generally used?

• To describe repeated actions in the past

• To talk about future intentions

• To describe one-time events

• To give commands

Which tense would you use to say 'I was talking'?

• Future

• Preterite

• Imperfect

• Present

How do you express 'I used to play' in Spanish?

• Jugaré

• Juego

• Jugué

• Jugaba

When telling time in the past, which tense is used?

• Preterite

• Present

• Future

• Imperfect

Which tense is appropriate for describing age in the past?

• Preterite

• Present

• Future

• Imperfect

What is a key difference between the preterite and imperfect tenses?

• Preterite is used for actions that occurred repeatedly

• Imperfect is used for actions that are not yet completed

• Preterite is used for actions without a specific timeframe

• Imperfect is used for actions that occurred once and are completed