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Title: Using the preterite and


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Using the preterite and imperfect tenses!!!
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Now that we know two forms used for the past
tense, the preterite and the imperfect. Lets
look at how each is used.
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The preterite tells you about an action that
started and ended at a definite time.
  • Viajé a Costa Rica el verano pasado.
  • I traveled to Costa Rica last year.
  • Viví en España un año.
  • I lived in Spain one year.
  • Comieron una pizza anoche.
  • They ate a pizza last night.

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The imperfect tells about past actions without
saying when they begin or end.
  • Todo el mundo dormía.
  • Everybody was sleeping.
  • La chica cantaba.
  • The girl was singing.
  • Mi padre trabajaba en el banco todos los días.
  • My father worked in the bank everyday.
  • Other Imperfect uses
  • The sentences dont tell you when the action
    started and ended. Also, with age, time,
    weather, and background events of a story.

Wasing and Wereing
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Práctica
  • A las dos anoche mi hermana (cenó, cenaba) con
    una amiga.
  • Los hombres (miraron, miraban) una película.
  • Ayer yo (hice, hacía) la tarea a las cinco por la
    noche.
  • Nosotros (bailamos, bailábamos) en la discoteca
    Mariela todos los viernes.
  • Mi abuela siempre(trepó, trepaba) a los árboles.
  • Tú (tuviste, tenías) catorce años cuando eras el
    mejor jugador de baloncesto.
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