WorksheetsPreterite vs Imperfect tense
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 31mins
The preterite tense is used to refer to ___________ actions in the past
completed
incompleted
The preterite endings for AR verbs in the preterite are:
-é, -aste, -ó, - amos, -asteis, -aron
-é, -este, -o, -emos, -esteis, -eron
-í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron
The preterite endings for ER AND IR verbs in the preterite are:
-é, -aste, -ó, - amos, -asteis, -aron
-é, -este, -o, -emos, -esteis, -eron
-í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron
Which of these time phrases trigger the preterite tense? (There may be more than one correct answer)
normalmente
ayer
el fin de semana pasado
mañana
el verano pasado
Which of these sentences are NOT in the preterite tense? (There is more than one sentence)
Hablo con mis amigos todos los días
Bebí una limonada ayer
Trabajé en un hotel el verano pasado
Voy a visitar España este verano
Nunca escucho la música pop
Translate: I saw a film
Veo una película
Vi una película
Voy a ver una película
Translate: They didn't eat chips
No comimos patatas fritas
No comen patatas fritas
No comieron patatas fritas
Translate: My parents swam in the sea
Mis padres nadó en el mar
Mis padres nadasteis en el mar
Mis padres nadaron en el mar
We use the imperfect tense to refer to... (tick 3 boxes)
How things normally are
What was going on when something else happened
What is going to happen
Background description / setting the scene
What used to happen / how things used to be
To form the imperfect tense, we remove the - AR/-ER/-IR ending from the infinitive verb and add the following endings:
-AR = -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -abais, -aban
-ER/-IR = - ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían,
-AR = -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron
-ER/-IR = -í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron
-AR = -o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an
-ER/-IR = -o, -es, -e, -emos, -éis, -en
Good news! In the imperfect tense there are only ______ irregular verbs.
2
3
4
The irregular verbs in the imperfect tense are:
VER (to see), SER (to be), IR (to go)
SER (to be), IR (to go), TENER (to have)
IR (to go), SER (to be), ESTAR (to be)
Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:
"Every year I visited the coast of Wales"
Todos los años _________ la costa de Gales.
visitaba
visito
visité
Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:
"When I was younger I used to go on holiday with my grandparents."
Cuando era joven _________ de vacaciones con mis abuelos.
fui
voy
iba
Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?
"Last year I went to Spain."
Present tense
Preterite tense
Imperfect tense
Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?
"We used to go to Portugal every summer."
Present tense
Preterite tense
Imperfect tense
Cuando llegamos, _____(ser) las dos de la tarde.
_____(Hacer) mucho sol y...
Anoche yo ______ (hacer) mi tarea
hizo
hiciste
hice
hacía
