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WorksheetsPreterite and imperfect Cunningham
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 26mins
We have_____past tenses in Spanish.
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1
2
3
Which is not a past tense in Spanish
Imperfect
Present
Preterite
Generally speaking one time events in the past use the _______ tense
Preterite
Imperfect
Generally speaking an event that had a clear beginning and ending uses the ____ tense.
Preterite
Imperfect
Generally speaking events that happened repeatedly or were habitual actions uses the ____ tense.
Preterite
Imperfect
Talking about time or dates ALWAYS uses the ____ tense.
Preterite
Imperfect
Telling a person's age in the past ALWAYS uses the ____ tense.
Preterite
Imperfect
There are cues words that define when some exactly happened. Anoche, ayer, la semana pasada and a las seis or el 17 de julio are examples of words that would tell the speaker to use the ____________ tense.
preterite
imperfect
There are cues words that describe past events as on going or repeated. Muchas veces, generalmente,todos los años and los domingos are examples of words that would tell the speaker to use the ____________ tense.
preterite
imperfect
Cuando llegamos, _____(ser) las dos de la tarde.
Anoche yo (mirar) __ la televisión por dos horas. Last night I watched tv for two hours. (crisp and sudden)
miré
miraba
Mi familia siempre (comer) __ la pizza los domingos. My family always would eat pizza on Sundays. (habitual)
comió
comía
Yo (hacer**) __ la tarea ayer. I did the homework yesterday. (crispy, sudden)
hice
hacía
(Ser*) __ las dos de la tarde. It was two in the afternoon. (descriptive, plural)
Era
Eran
Anoche mi madre me (llamar) __. Lastnight my mom called me. (crispy, sudden)
llamé
llamó
(Hacer**) __ sol ayer. It was sunny yesterday. (crispy, sudden)
Hizo
Hacía
Manuel (tener) __ quince años. Manuel was fifteen years old. (descriptive)
tuvo
tenía
Yo (ir*) __ a casa después de clases. I would go home after class. (habitual)
fui
iba
Yo (jugar) __ al fútbol en el parque los domingos. I would play soccer in the park on Sundays. (habitual)
jugué
jugaba
Tú (nadar) __ en la piscina todos los veranos. You would swim in the pool every summer. (habitual)
nadabas
nadaste
Mi abuelo (ser*) __ calvo y alto. My grandfather was bald and tall. (descriptive)
era
fue
Ayer, yo _______ una hamburguesa.
comí
comía
Muchas veces, yo _______ una hamburguesa.
comí
comía
El verano pasado nosotros ________ un viaje.
hicimos
hacíamos
Usualmente, Carlos _________ las películas en el cine.
vio
veía
Jueves, Carlos _______ una película en el cine.
vio
veía
Mi familia _________ a México el verano pasado.
iba
fue
Cuando llegamos, _____(ser) las dos de la tarde.
Ayer, yo ______ (ir) al jardín botánico.
fuimos
fui
fuieron
fuiste
Él (ir) a la biblioteca anoche.
fui
fue
iba
voy
Yo ______ (hacer) mi tarea esta mañana.
hizo
hiciste
hice
hacía
I feel my understanding of when to use the preterite and imperfect ........
is still clouded in a dark forest at night.
is when the fog is lifting.
is to the point I will be correct 70% of the time
is solid, like a rock!
