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ASPECTO
One night, Sara, who was supposed to stay
home, decided to sneak out the back door at about
800 PM. Her parents were out of town and had
asked her to babysit her younger sister, Jessica.
However, since Sara knew that Jessica usually
went to sleep around 700 PM, she was sure that
she would not be missed. At 805 PM, the
back door opened and Sara slipped out. She
glanced nervously up at the darkened bedroom
where Jessica was sleeping and, with a lump in
her throat, started down the street towards the
bus stop. She only had to wait about ten
minutes before the bus arrived. She got on, paid
her fare, and sat down in the first empty seat.
She felt a strange rush of emotion - a mixture of
guilt, fear, and anticipation. The dance was
in full swing when she entered the gym. The
group was playing a loud, raucous song that she
wasnt familiar with...
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ASPECTO
azulimperfecto
rojoperfecto
One night, Sara, who was supposed to stay
home, decided to sneak out the back door at about
800 PM. Her parents were out of town and had
asked her to babysit her younger sister, Jessica.
However, since Sara knew that Jessica usually
went to sleep around 700 PM, she was sure that
she would not be missed. At 805 PM, the
back door opened and Sara slipped out. She
glanced nervously up at the darkened bedroom
where Jessica was sleeping and, with a lump in
her throat, started down the street towards the
bus stop. She only had to wait about ten
minutes before the bus arrived. She got on, paid
her fare, and sat down in the first empty seat.
She felt a strange rush of emotion - a mixture of
guilt, fear, and anticipation. The dance was
in full swing when she entered the gym. The
group was playing a loud, raucous song that she
wasnt familiar with...
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Imperfect

• suggests incomplete. The imperfect tense
  expresses an action or a state of being that was
  continuous in the past and its completion is not
  indicated. In other words, at the time you are
  referring to, the action was not fully completed.
  The imperfect is therefore also the tense used
  for description and expressing background in the
  past.

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EXAMPLEAn action that was going on in the past
at the same time as another action.

• La maestra enseñaba y los estudiantes aprendían.
• The teacher was teaching and the students were
  learning.

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An action that was going on in the past when
another action occurred.Examples

• Maria corría cuando yo la vi.
• Maria was running when I saw her.

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An action that a person did habitually in
the past. Adverbs and adverbial phrases such as
todos los días, siempre, and muchas veces are
often clues for the selection of the imperfect
rather than the preterit.

• Cuando estábamos en Perú, comíamos pizza todos
  los lunes.
• When we were in Peru, we ate pizza every Monday.

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-ar er-ir

• Singular Plural
• 1st -aba -ábamos
• -abas -abais
• 2nd ------------------
• -aba -aban
• 3rd -aba -aban

• Singular Plural
• 1st -ía -íamos
• -ías -íais
• 2nd ------------------
• -ía -ían
• 3rd -ía -ían

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Conjugando verbos (-a-)
Lexical Meaning
Grammatical Information
Subject Indicator
-o -a- -a -a- -á- -a-
- -s - -mos -is -n
habl-
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Imperfecto (-a-)
Lexical Meaning
Grammatical Information
Subject Indicator
- -s - -mos -is -n
habl trabaj est cerr jug d
aba
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Imperfecto (-a-)
hablar
hablaba hablabas hablaba
hablábamos hablabais hablaban
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Conjugando verbos (-e-)
Lexical Meaning
Grammatical Information
Subject Indicator
-o -e- -e -e- -é- -e-
- -s - -mos -is -n
com-
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Conjugando verbos (-i-)
Lexical Meaning
Grammatical Information
Subject Indicator
-o -e- -e -i- -í- -e-
- -s - -mos -(i)s -n
viv-
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Imperfecto (-e-/-i-)
Lexical Meaning
Grammatical Information
Subject Indicator
- -s - -mos -is -n
com escrib hac dec pod quer ped
ía
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Imperfecto (-e-, -i-)
decir
decía decías decía
decíamos decíais decían
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Imperfecto (verbos irregulares)
ser
era eras era
éramos erais eran
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Imperfecto (verbos irregulares)
ir
iba ibas iba
íbamos ibais iban
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Imperfecto (verbos irregulares)
ver
veía veías veía
veíamos veíais veían
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What did you do when?

• QUE HACíAS cuando (when).

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Expresiones temporales
anoche ayer por la tarde ayer a mediodía ayer
por la mañana anteayer el domingo pasado la
semana pasada
Cada día a menudo a veces de vez en
cuando rara vez nunca
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My Life Before, mi vida de antes
UNO Ahora vivo en una casa. DOS No vivias en
un antes? UNO No, antes vivia en un apartamento
Ahora Vivir en un apartamento Ser muy
buen estudiante No ir nunca al cine Hablar
español Tener mi propio coche Correr cada día
Antes Vivir en una casa No ser muy
buen estudiante Ir al cine cada fin de
semana Sólo hablar inglés Tener el coche de mi
papá No correr nunca
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• http//www.colby.edu/bknelson/SLC/pret_repaso.php
  
• http//www.colby.edu/bknelson/SLC/pret_irregtrans
  .php

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• http//www.colby.edu/bknelson/SLC/pret_repaso.php
  

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Pretérito (verbos regulares AR)
Preguntar, amar.
pregunté preguntaste preguntó
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Pretérito (verbos regulares)
contestar
contesté contestaste contestó
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Pretérito (verbos irregulares)
decir
dijé dijiste dijo
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Listening Activity

• http//www.colby.edu/bknelson/SLC/juan/accion.htm
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Qué hacías?
MODELO anoche a las once UNO Qué hacías
anoche a las once? DOS Dormía UNO Qué hacías
______? DOS (responde con el imperfecto)
Esta mañana a las cinco ayer a los dos de la
tarde el doming a las diez de la mañana anteayer
a mediodía el lunes a medianoche anoche a las ocho
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Qué estabas haciendo? What were you doing?
MODELO anoche a las diez UNO Qué estabas
haciendo anoche a las diez? DOS Estaba
durmiendo. UNO Qué estabas haciendo
______? DOS (responde con el progresivo)
el jueves a las once de la mañana el lunes a las
ocho de la noche el jueves a medianoche hoy a las
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