Imp tense Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Use the Imperfect to talk about: | habits, ongoing actions, time, emotional / physical conditions, ongoing weather conditions, age |
| Habitual actions in the past: | I used to eat breakfast at 8 every day and then I walked to school |
| Actions in progress in the past: | We were living in Houston with my cousin (no clear indicator of when this ended) |
| Telling the time in the past: | It was usually ten at night when we would eat dinner |
| Emotional or physical conditions in the Past: | We were all very happy and no one got sick that year. We felt very fortunate. |
| Ongoing weather actions in the past: | It rained a lot during that time (versus It rained on tuesday) |
| Telling someone's age in the past: | She was fifteen that year |
| There are no ____ in the imperfect tense | stem changes |
| -Ar verb endings: | aba, abas, aba, ábamos, abais, aban |
| -Ir/-Er verb endings: | ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían |
| Ir: | iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, ibais, iban |
| Ser: | era, eras, era, éramos, erais, eran |
| Ver | veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veíais, veían |
| Uses of the Imperfect tense: | describe habitual or routine past actions, focus on the duration of the event, describes past actions, describes ongoing background events that were interrupted by another event |
| Uses of the preterite tense: | relates a completed past action or series of completed past actions, focuses on the beginning or end of an event, relates a completed past action (usually includes a time period), an action that interrupted an ongoing action |
| Phrases associated with the imperfect tense: | generalmente / por lo general (generally, in general), normalmente (normally), todos los dias/meses/anos (every day, month, year), todas las semanas (every week), frecuentemente (frequently), typically |
| Phrases associated with the preterite tense: | de repente (suddenly), por fin (finally), ayer (yesterday), ___ pasada (last whatever), una vez / dos veces (one time, two times). |
| Querer, poder, conocer, saber ___ change meaning in the imperfect like they do in the preterite | do not |
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