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Imperfect Tense

Imperfect Tense. When do you use the imperfect tense?. When talking about events that happened repeatedly or over an extended period of time in the past. an action that took place during a non-specific period of time. When using key phrases like: used to, was + -ing, would, always.

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Imperfect Tense

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  1. Imperfect Tense

  2. When do you use the imperfect tense? • When talking about events that happened repeatedly or over an extended period of time in the past. • an action that took place during a non-specific period of time. • When using key phrases like: used to, was + -ing, would, always. • When setting the scene for a story

  3. I used to live in Chicago. • Non-specific period of time. • The clue “used to”

  4. Aly always ate eggs for lunch. • She did this many, many times (not specific) • It would be virtually impossible to find out how many times she ate eggs for lunch.

  5. Angie was a good joke teller. • Description of something ongoing. • No action involved other than being so the time frame must have been most of Angie’s life. • The exact amount of time is therefore irrelevant.

  6. aba abas aba ábamos abais aban - ar verb endings

  7. ía ías ía íamos íais ían - er/ir verb endings

  8. Irregular verbs in the imperfect

  9. iba ibas iba íbamos ibais iban ir

  10. era eras era éramos erais eran ser

  11. veía veías veía veíamos veíais veían ver

  12. Another way to show “-ing” in the past: • Just use the present progressive, but change the verb estar into the imperfect tense. • Estaba estudiando. = I was studying.

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