Talk About the Past Using the Imperfect (el imperfecto)

Talk About the Past Using the Imperfect (el imperfecto) Sra. Lear Español 2 Unidad 2 Etapa 1

You’ve already learned to use the preterite tense to speak about completed actions in the past. jugar-to play correr- to run -ar verbs -er/ir verbs

Now you will learn about another past tense called the imperfect. • to speak about background events in a story. • to talk about something you used to do as a matter of habit (things you used to do) • to speak about how old someone was • to say what time it was You can use the imperfect in the following ways:

Generally speaking, the imperfect is used for actions in the past that are not seen as completed. Use of the imperfect tense implies that the past action did not have a definite beginning or a definite end. Los niños jugaban todos los días.The kids would play everyday.(no definite beginning or end)

Conjugating Imperfect Verbs -remove the –ar, -er or –ir and add the appropriate ending -ar verbs -er, -ir verbs

Here are the only verbs that don’t follow the pattern. ser-to be ir-to go ver-to see

modelo: No hablo en situaciones nuevas. Antes, hablaba en situaciones nuevas. p.117 ACT 11 1. Mi abuela no trepa a los árboles. Antes, mi abuela trepabaa los árboles. Todos cambiamos Tell what the people used to do. 2. Mis hermanos y yo no nos peleamos. Antes, mis hermanos y yo nos peleábamos.

Talk About the Past Using the Imperfect (el imperfecto)