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Past Tense

Past Tense. Preterite and Imperfect. Two Aspects of Past Tense. Preterite. Imperfect. Happened often Ongoing action “used to”, “would” Expressing age, weather, physical or emotional characteristics. Occurred once Occurred for limited time Has beginning and end “suddenly”

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Past Tense

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  1. Past Tense Preterite and Imperfect

  2. Two Aspects of Past Tense Preterite Imperfect Happened often Ongoing action “used to”, “would” Expressing age, weather, physical or emotional characteristics • Occurred once • Occurred for limited time • Has beginning and end • “suddenly” • Occurred at specific time or day Used together in the same sentence

  3. Review of Endings Preterite and Imperfect

  4. Pretérito de -ar verbs pasar: pasé, pasaste, pasó, pasamos, pasaron

  5. Pretérito de -er y -ir correr: corrí, corriste, corrió, corrimos, corrieron escribir: escribí, escribiste, escribió, escribimos, escribieron

  6. pasar: pasaba, pasabas, pasaba, pasábamos, pasaban Imperfecto de -ar

  7. correr: corría, corrías, corría, corríamos, corrían escribir: escribía, escribías, escribía, escribíamos, escribían Imperfecto de -er y -ir

  8. Preterite and Imperfect in Same Sentence I was walking through the door… (ongoing) …when the telephone rang. (sudden)

  9. It is all relative to what is being talked about.

  10. Imperfect = ongoing wavePreterite = bomb suddenly dropped Imperfect Preterite

  11. ¡A practicar! Página 209, actividad 12

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