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The imperfect tense is used to refer to __________ events.
present
past
future
We use the imperfect tense to refer to... (tick 3 boxes)
How things normally are
What was going on when something else happened
What is going to happen
Background description / setting the scene
What used to happen / how things used to be
To form the imperfect tense, we remove the - AR/-ER/-IR ending from the infinitive verb and add the following endings:
-AR = -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -abais, -aban
-ER/-IR = - ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían,
-AR = -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron
-ER/-IR = -í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron
-AR = -o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an
-ER/-IR = -o, -es, -e, -emos, -éis, -en
Good news! In the imperfect tense there are only ______ irregular verbs.
2
3
4
The irregular verbs in the imperfect tense are:
VER (to see), SER (to be), IR (to go)
SER (to be), IR (to go), TENER (to have)
IR (to go), SER (to be), ESTAR (to be)
Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:
"Every year I used to visit the in-laws"
Todos los años _________ los suegros.
visitaba
visito
visité
Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:
"The hotel didn't have a swimming pool"
El hotel no _________ piscina.
tiene
tuvo
tenía
Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:
"When I was younger I used to go on holiday with my grandparents."
Cuando era joven _________ de vacaciones con mis abuelos.
fui
voy
iba
Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:
"I was swimming in the sea when it started to rain."
____________ en el mar cuando empezó a llover.
Nadaba
Nadabas
Nadábamos
Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?
"We always go to Greece with my cousins."
Present tense
Preterite tense
Imperfect tense
Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?
"Last year I went to Spain."
Present tense
Preterite tense
Imperfect tense
Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?
"We used to go to Portugal every summer."
Present tense
Preterite tense
Imperfect tense
Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?
"The beach was really clean."
Present tense
Preterite tense
Imperfect tense
Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?
"Last summer we stayed in a five star hotel."
Present tense
Preterite tense
Imperfect tense
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