Imperfecto Introduction

Presentation

All in the Past!

Imperfect Descriptive Past

IMPERFECTo: DESCRIPTIVE Past Tense

Imperfecto is the descriptive past tense. It is often used in story-telling, conversations about on-going actions in the past & descriptions of weather, time, traits & background information. It is used MORE OFTEN than preterit past tense.

IMPERFECTO Verb Conjugations

"aba" & "ía" - super easy!

IMPERFECTO Verb Endings - AR Verbs

IMPERFECTO Verb Endings - Er/ir Verbs

IMPERFECTO Verb Conjugations

Three irregular verbs - SER, IR, VER

IMPERFECTo: Irregular verbs

Imperfecto is much easier to use than the other preterit past tense. While there are at least 12 irregular verbs in preterit, there are only THREE in imperfect. They are SER (to be), IR (to go) & VER (to see)

Irregular imperfecto conjugations

SER (to be) Used for descriptions, background info, time, & sometimes weather.

IR (to go).

VER (to see)

Some imperfecto Trigger words

I always danced.

Imperfecto

Yo siempre bailaba.

I never ate dinner.

imperfecto

Yo nunca comía la cena.

You often studied.

imperfecto

Tú estudiabas a menudo.

She used to cry all the time.

Preterito

Ella lloraba todo el tiempo.

He used to run every day.

Imperfecto

Todos los días, él corría

We usually played soccer together.

imperfecto

Usualmente nosotros jugábamos al fútbol juntos.

Every day I worked a lot.

Imperfecto

Cada día yo trabajaba mucho.

Start

Imperfect - aba & ía

Yo siempre__________(dormir) mucho.

dormíamos

dormaba

dormía

Bravo!

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Yo __________ (caminar) cada día

caminía

caminabas

caminaba

Excelente!

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Me __________bailar con mis amigos cada fin de semana.

gustaban

gustía

gustaba

Súper!

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Tú __________ (comer) frecuentamente paella.

comabas

comían

comías

Brillante!

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__________ (ver- nosotros) una película cada viernes..

veíamos

veabamos

veía

Muy bien!

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Siempre__________ (llegar- él) muy tarde a la clase.

llegaba

llegía

llegábamos

Estupendo!

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Él nunca __________ (saber) la respuesta en clase.

sababa

sabían

sabía

Qué bien!

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María __________(terminar) su tarea muy rapidamente.

terminaba

terminía

terminían

Bravo!

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Yo __________ (leer) el periódico cada mañana.

leaba

leía

leían

Súper!

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Yo __________ (viajar) mientras mi máma trabajaba.

viajía

viajaban

viajaba

Maravilloso!

Results

Híjole! Intenta de nuevo!

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8-10 Correct

0-4 Correct

5-7 Correct

Results

• on-going actions
• descriptions
• general time period
• time
• age
• weather
• habitual actions

Imperfecto- descriptive past

Irregular verb - SER (to be)

We use SER for descriptions, time, weather, age, professions and permanent location.

Irregular verb - IR (to go)

In imperfect we use IR to describe an action that was continuously happening in the past - such as "She was going to the store" - it is often used in story-telling.

Irregular imperfect verb - VER (to see)

Ver is considered irregular because once you take off the -ER-, there's nothing left. So we must add back the -E- to have it become a pronouncable word!