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WorksheetsSituaciones Preterit vs Imperfecto
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
I used to eat candy.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
2.
I ate 4 pieces of candy.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
3.
She ran 5 miles yesterday.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
4.
He ran a mile every morning
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
5.
I was a happy child.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
6.
When they were little, they liked jumping rope.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
7.
He mowed the lawn.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
8.
He was mowing the lawn.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
9.
She wanted to go shopping.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
10.
He started to cry during the movie.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
11.
She woke up, got dressed, and went to school.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
12.
It was 4 o'clock.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
13.
He finally finished writing the essay.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
14.
Suddenly, the phone rang.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
15.
He was a tall, handsome boy who used to collect stamps.
a)
pretérito
b)
imperfecto
16.
When you are describing something in the past, which tense do you use?
a)
Preterite
b)
Imperfect
17.
To talk about past actions that are complete, which tense do you use?
a)
Preterite
b)
Imperfect
18.
When you are listing a sequence of events in the past, which tense(s) do you use? (Ex: I went to art class, I sat in my chair, and I painted a portrait.)
a)
Imperfect
b)
Preterite
c)
It depends
19.
Done and over with at a completed time
a)
preterite
b)
imperfect
20.
Determined start or end time
a)
preterite
b)
imperfect
21.
habitual past action
a)
preterite
b)
imperfect
22.
setting the scene of a story
a)
preterite
b)
imperfect
23.
telling what was happening
a)
preterite
b)
imperfect
24.
Interrupts the other tense
a)
preterite
b)
imperfect
25.
Choose the names of the two past tenses in Spanish.
a)
preterite and imperfect
b)
imperfect and subjunctive
c)
subjunctive and preterite
26.
The___implies that the past action had a definite beginning and definite end.
a)
imperfect
b)
preterite
27.
The____is used for actions in the past that are seen as completed.
a)
preterite
b)
imperfect
28.
The_____is used for actions in the past that are not seen as completed
a)
imperfect
b)
preterite
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