Use the _____ to tell about simultaneous events (with mientras)

Use the _____ to talk about the beginning or end of a past action

Use the _____ to give background details (time, weather, age, characteristics)

Use the _____ to express an action that is viewed as completed.

Use the _____ to narrate the actions

Use the _____ to express a series of completed actions

Use the _____ to set the stage

Translate the bold word into Spanish:

He wanted to help but I didn't let him.

Translate the bold word into Spanish:

He tried to help but he couldn't.

Translate the bold word into Spanish:

She knew the truth the whole time.

Translate the bold word into Spanish:

She learned the truth much later

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I knew a lot of people in college.

Translate the bold word into Spanish:

I met a lot of people in college.

Nosotros ^{teníamos/tuvimos} miedo (to be scared) de ir al dentista.

De niños, nosotros siempre ^{jugábamos/jugamos} en el parque.