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Unidad 1 Etapa 1

Unidad 1 Etapa 1. El imperfecto. You’ve already learned to use the preterite tense to talk about completed actions in the past. Now you’ll review another past tense called the imperfect!!. You can use the imperfect in the following ways: To speak about background events in a story.

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Unidad 1 Etapa 1

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  1. Unidad 1 Etapa 1 El imperfecto

  2. You’ve already learned to use the preterite tense to talk about completed actions in the past. Now you’ll review another past tense called the imperfect!! • You can use the imperfect in the following ways: • To speak about background events in a story. • To talk about something you used to do as a habit. A repeated or habitual activity • To speak about physical characteristics • To express thoughts and Emotions • To express time, age, and weather

  3. The following chart shows you how to form the imperfect of regular verbs. • AR ERIR • hablarComerSalir • hablaba comía Salía • hablabas comías Salías • hablaba comía Salía • hablábamos comíamos Salíamos • hablabais comíais Salíais • hablaban comían Salían

  4. The following examples use the imperfect because they describe continuing actions in the past. • Los estudiantes hacían la tarea todos los días. • The students did (used to do) the HW everyday. • Don Fernando trabajaba en el banco todos los sábados. • Don Fernando (used to) worked at the bank every Saturday. • Mi abuelo siempre decía chistes muy divertidos. • Mi grandpa always (used to tell) told funny jokes. • What are some common trigger words for the imperfect? • Siempre, a menudo, por lo general, usualmente, algunas veces, a veces, todos los días….!

  5. There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect. Here they are. • SerIrVer • era iba veía • eras ibas veías • era iba veía • éramos íbamos veíamos • erais ibais veíais • eran iban veían

  6. Práctica.Contesta las siguientes preguntas con la forma correcta del imperfecto. jugaba • 1. Yo siempre con unos muñecos de peluche. (jugar) • 2. Nosotros veintiocho años. (tener) • 3. __________ las nueve y media de la noche. (ser) • 4. Mi hermana nunca a los árboles. (trepar) • 5. Mis hermanitos siempre se malos en el centro comercial. (portar) • 6. Cuando era niño, yo al España con mis padres todos los veranos. (ir) • 7. Mis amigos a las discotecas cuando eran más jóvenes. (salir) teníamos Eran trepaba portaban iba salían

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