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- 1. Multiple Choice
The imperfect tense is used to refer to __________ events.
present
past
future
- 2. Multiple Choice
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
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
- 4. Multiple Choice
Good news! In the imperfect tense there are only ______ irregular verbs.
2
3
4
- 5. Multiple Choice
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)
- 6. Multiple Choice
Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:
"Every year I visited the coast of Wales"
Todos los años _________ la costa de Gales.
visitaba
visito
visité
- 7. Multiple Choice
Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:
"The hotel didn't have a swimming pool"
El hotel no _________ piscina.
tiene
tuvo
tenía
- 8. Multiple Choice
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
- 9. Multiple Choice
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
- 10. Multiple Choice
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
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?
"Last year I went to Spain."
Present tense
Preterite tense
Imperfect tense
- 12. Multiple Choice
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
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?
"The beach was really clean."
Present tense
Preterite tense
Imperfect tense
- 14. Multiple Choice
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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