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Preterite vs. Imperfect (English version)- Superhombre

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Select the Instance when the preterite tense is used. (Select 3 boxes)

a)

•Sequential Action

b)

•Age

c)

•Enclosed amount of time

d)

•Setting Description & Characteristics

e)

•Finished/Completed Action

2.

Select the Instance when the imperfect tense is used. (Select 3 boxes)

a)

•Emotional Health

b)

•Repetition (Habitual & Ongoing Action)

c)

•Completed Actions

d)

•Setting Description & Characteristics

e)

•Enclosed amount of time

3.

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect in the past tense?


When Kal-El was young he lived on the planet Krypton.

a)

imperfect, preterite

b)

preterite, imperfect

c)

preterite, preterite

d)

imperfect, imperfect

4.

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?


But one day his parents said goodbye to him and put him in a spaceship to save him from the Kryptonian explosion.

a)

imperfect, preterite

b)

preterite, imperfect

c)

preterite, preterite

d)

imperfect, imperfect

5.

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?


After a long journey, he arrived in a town in Kansas where Johnathan and Martha Kent found him.

a)

imperfect, preterite

b)

preterite, imperfect

c)

preterite, preterite

d)

imperfect, imperfect

6.

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?


They gave him the new name of Clark Kent.

a)

imperfect

b)

preterite

7.

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?


Clark loved his adoptive parents very much and always did a lot of chores to help them around the house.

a)

imperfect, preterite

b)

preterite, imperfect

c)

preterite, preterite

d)

imperfect, imperfect

8.

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?


Clark had a dog who was called Krypto and they had fun together every day.

a)

imperfect, preterite

b)

preterite, imperfect

c)

preterite, preterite

d)

imperfect, imperfect

9.

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?


One day while Clark was cooking, his mother entered in the kitchen.

a)

imperfect, preterite

b)

preterite, imperfect

c)

preterite, preterite

d)

imperfect, imperfect

10.

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?


He told his mother that he was Superman!

a)

imperfect, preterite

b)

preterite, imperfect

c)

preterite, preterite

d)

imperfect, imperfect

11.

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?


Clark spent 10 years with his adoptive family in Kansas and then started working as a reporter for the Daily Planet.

a)

imperfect, preterite

b)

preterite, imperfect

c)

preterite, preterite

d)

imperfect, imperfect