WorksheetsImperfect vs Preterite
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 18mins
Preterite of tener (to have) - yo________
yo tuve
yo tenía
yo tení
all the time
todo el tiempo
cada día
de vez en cuando
Last night I broke my leg.
Imperfect
Preterite
One time I bought an antique car.
Imperfect - yo compraba
Preterite - yo compré
'She decided' in preterite
ella decidió
ella decidía
'I was' in preterite
yo era
Yo fui
'I gave' in preterite
yo di
yo daba
'we saw' - in preterite
nosotros vimos
nosotros veíamos
'I did/I made' - in preterite
yo hice
yo hacía
Preterite from estar
yo estaba
yo estuve
'I couldn't' in preterite
yo no pude
yo no podía
'I put' in preterite
yo puse
yo pude
yo ponía
'I came' in preterite
yo vine
yo venía
'I said' in preterite
yo dije
yo decía
I went to the bank the other day (el otro día)
Imperfect
Preterite
One time my teacher burped in the class.
Imperfect
Preterite
I ate in that restaurant often. (a menudo)
Imperfect
Preterite
I didn't pass the test yesterday. (ayer)
Imperfect
Preterite
And then she apologized. (entonces)
Imperfect
Preterite
She helped us frequently. (frecuentemente)
Imperfect
Preterite
Sometimes I didn't do my homework. (A veces)
Imperfect
Preterite
I didn't do my homework yesterday. (Ayer)
Imperfect
Preterite
Last night I cooked dinner for the first time. (Anoche)
Imperfect
Preterite
I forgot to brush my teeth this morning. (esta mañana)
Imperfect
Preterite
I paid for my ticket this afternoon. (esta tarde)
Imperfect
Preterite
Usually she did her homework. (Usualmente)
Imperfect
Preterite
They always broke the rules. (siempre)
Imperfect
Preterite
(mientras) While she was asleep,
her brother poured water on her.
2 Imperfects
2 Preterites
Imperfect-preterite
Preterite-imperfect
Every year we used to go to the beach. (cada año/todos los años)
Imperfect
Preterite
She watered her plants every day. (cada día)
Imperfect
Preterite
I went to the museum last week. (la semana pasada)
Imperfect
Preterite
I paid for my car last month. (el mes pasado)
Imperfect
Preterite
I got Covid last year. (el año pasado)
Imperfect
Preterite
I graduated high school 2 years ago. (hace 2 años)
Imperfect
Preterite
She played tennis every week. (cada semana)
Imperfect
Preterite
We had to pay her $1000 every year. (cada año)
Imperfect
Preterite
Many times he didn't even call us back. (muchas veces)
Imperfect
Preterite
She was on the phone all the time. (todo el tiempo)
Imperfect
Preterite
They almost never asked for help. (casi nunca)
Imperfect
Preterite
He never had enough money for the rent. (nunca)
Imperfect
Preterite
Mr. Perez walked his dog every single day @ 6am. (todos los dias)
Imperfect
Preterite
Once in a while we stopped by her house. (de vez en cuando)
Imperfect
Preterite
They got married last Sunday. (el domingo pasado)
Imperfect
Preterite
I broke my phone last week. (la semana pasada)
Imperfect
Preterite
For 2 centuries he was everybody's favorite artist. (por dos siglos)
Imperfect
Preterite
I lived in Paris for 20 years. (por 20 anos)
Imperfect
Preterite
I cleaned the kitchen.
Imperfect
Preterite
Their house was very old.
Imperfect
Preterite
When I was 10 years old.....
Imperfect
Preterite
I was 10 o'clock
Imperfect: Eran las 10
Preterite: Fueron las 10.
I didn't feel good.
Imperfect
Preterite
I cooked/I used to cook in imperfect
yo cocinaba
yo cocinía
yo cociné
yo cociní
I used to be/I was in imperfect
yo era
yo fui
I used to go/ I went in imperfect
yo iba
yo fui
'they ate' in imperfect
ellos comían
ellos comieron
