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El imperfecto

El imperfecto. -is another past tense. -expresses what people used to do or tells what somebody was doing in the past. -is used to describe the way things

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El imperfecto

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El imperfecto

• -is another past tense.• -expresses what people used to do or tells

what somebody was doing in the past.• -is used to describe the way things used to be.

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yo -aba nosotros -ábamos

tú -abas

ÉlEllaUd.

-aba

EllosEllasUds.

-aban

FORMS:-AR verbs

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-ER and –IR verbs yo -ía nosotros -íamos tú -ías Él Ella Ud.

-ía

Ellos Ellas Uds.

-ían

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The exceptions

• There are only 3 irregular verbs!• Forms of SER are: era, eras, era, éramos, and

eran.• Forms of IR are : iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, and

iban.• Forms of VER are: veía, veías, veía, veíamos,

and veían.

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Práctica

1. Mi abuela ________ inglés. (HABLAR)

The stem of the verb is HABL-. Add the imperfect ending for ella and you get?

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Práctica

1. Mi abuela HABLABA inglés.

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2. Yo _________ mucha leche. (BEBER)

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2. Yo BEBÍA mucha leche.

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• Now try to complete the rest of the conjugations by applying the patterns you’ve been shown.

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3. LEÍAN4. CAMINÁBAMOS5. TENÍAN6. TOMABAN7. ESCUCHABAS

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8. ERA9. ESTUDIABAS10. VENÍAN11. MIRABA12. ESCRIBÍA

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13. IBAN14. JUGÁBAMOS15.COMÍAN

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PRESENT to IMPERFECT?

• Change the verb from present tense to imperfect

16. TomasThe –as at the end tells us that it’s a tú form, right?The STEM of the verb TOMAR is TOM. Add the tú form imperfect ending, and the result is…?

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16. TOMABAS

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17. ESCUCHA is the él, ella, Ud. form…

Its imperfect form is?

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17. ESCUCHABA

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Now try the rest, substituting the imperfect ending for the present tense ending.

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18. tenían19. abría20.llegaban21. miraba22. colgábamos

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23. Jugaba24. Vivían25. Eran

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• On the back of the paper write five sentence telling things you used to do as a child.

• Ejemplo:

Yo nadaba en la playa cuando yo era niño.

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• EXTRA PRACTICE