WorksheetsPreterite vs Imperfect (spanish)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
True or False: when telling a story, use preterite and imperfect
True
False
En el verano pasado, nosotros (a) (ir) a la piscina.
What are the -ar verb conjugations? (preterite)
é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron
é, aste, ó, amos, ásteis, aron
é, aste, í, imos, ásteis, ieron
aba, abas, aba, ábamos, ábais, aban
Translate: I was going to get water, but I wasn't able to find it.
Iba a llegar agua, pero no pude la encontra.
Iba a llegar agua, pero no pude econtrarla.
Iba a llegar agua, pero no pono la encontra
Fui a llegar agua, pero no pono econtrarla.
What are the irregular imperfect verbs?
ir
venir
ver
ser
What are the -ir and -er verb conjugation? (preterite)
é, aste, ó, amos, ásteis, amos, aron
í, iste, ió, imos, isteis, imos, ieron
ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían
í, iste, ió, imos, ísteis, imos, ieron
What does por un rato mean?
at the time
for awhile
often
frequently
Translate: Tengo sueño porque me acosté muy tarde anoche.
I'm very sleepy because I went to bed very early yesterday.
I am thirsty because I felt very late last night.
I'm sleepy because I went to bed very late last night
I am hungry because I didn't eat last night.
When do you use preterite?
to give background information about the scene
to tell what people and things were like
to talk about the series of actions and events that occured within the story
What is the -ir and -er conjugation? (imperfect)
a, ía, í, íamos, íais, ían
í, ís, í, ímos, ías, ín
ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían
aba, abas, aba, ábamos, ábais, aban
Translate: I didn't do my homework in the afternoon.
No hago mi tarea en la tarde.
No hice mi tarea por la tarde.
Yo no hacía mi tarea por la tarde
Yo no hago mi tarea en la tarde.
-ar imperfect conjugation: aba, abas, aba, ábamos, (a) , aban
What does a menudo mean?
all the time
sometimes
for awhile
often
Translate: We were coming home when we saw Juan.
Veníamos casa cuando vimos a Juan.
Vimos a casa cuando vimos Juan
Fuimos cas cuando vimos a Juan
Veníamos casa cuando vimos Juan.
En el medio de clase, los estudiantes (a) (ver) un insecto.
Conjugate to preterite: tú/hablar
hablas
hablabas
habliste
hablaste
Conjugate into imperfect: ellos/venir
venian
venían
veniaba
vinieron
________ tense answers the question What happened?
Preterite
Imperfect
________ tense answers the question What was going on when something else happened?
Preterite
Imperfect
Un día desperté y ________ (saber) lo que quería hacer.
supe
sabía
