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El Imperfecto

El Imperfecto. When?. How ?. Examples. Irregulars. When?. The present tense is used for…. Past actions and descriptions I sang songs every day I used to sing songs every day It was picturesque. Habitual actions in the past I always went to school on my bike I went to the shops

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El Imperfecto

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  1. El Imperfecto When? How? Examples Irregulars

  2. When? The present tense is used for… Past actions and descriptions I sang songs every day I used to sing songs every day It was picturesque • Habitual actions in the past I always went to school on my bike I went to the shops every day 2. Descriptive verbs in the past It was hot and sunny I liked the Spanish people 3. mental activity I wanted I knew I thought

  3. To form the imperfect tense in Spanish you follow these steps… How • Find the infinitive of the verb being conjugated eg: to study – estudiar • Take off the infinitive ending (-ar / -er / -ir) so that you’re left with the “stem” of the verb eg: estudiar • Add one of the following endings, depending on who or what is doing the verb, and what type of verb it is X NOTE: You do not need a separate word for “I / you / he”etc, as this is shown through the verb ending you add on. -AR Verbs -aba -abas -aba -ábamos -abais -aban -ER Verbs -ía -ías -ía -íamos -íais -ían -IR Verbs -ía -ías -ía -íamos -íais -ían I You (sing,inf) He/she/it We You(pl,inf) They

  4. Now have a go at putting the following verbs into the correct form of the imperfect tense. Show how you work it out. X Ejemplo: We jump (saltar) SALTAR Salt- + amos = saltamos X • Hablar • Vivir • Comer • Dejar • Practicar Habl- Viv- Com- Dej- Practic- + aba = hablaba + íamos = vivíamos + ía = comía + abas = dejabas + aban = practicaban • I speak (hablar) • We live (vivir) • He eats (comer) • You (sing,inf) leave (dejar) • They practice (practicar) X X X X -AR Verbs -aba -abas -aba -ábamos -abais -aban -ER Verbs -ía -ías -ía -íamos -íais -ían -IR Verbs -ía -ías -ía -íamos -íais -ían I You (sing,inf) He/she/it We You(pl,inf) They

  5. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb choosing from the 3 choices on the right – CHECK the verb endings with who is doing the verb!! (the infinitive has been given at the start of each one) 1. vivir -- to live:Juan en México.2. cenar -- to have dinner:Amandaa las siete. 3. desear -- to desire/want:Emilio y Ana una bicicleta.4. trabajar -- to work:(we) en una tienda.5. comprender -- to understand:(You sing,inf) mucho.EXTENSION: 6.llenar -- to fill:La señorita Pinto el vaso de agua.7. cubrir -- to cover:El hombrela bicicleta.8. enseñar -- to teach:(You sing,inf) inglés.9. cantar -- to sing:Las profesorasal amor.10. llevar -- to take:(You sing,inf) a los niños al centro. 1. vivíamos 2. vivía 3. vivías vivía cenaba 3. cenar 1. cenaban 2. cenaba 1. deseaba 2. deseabais 3. deseaban deseaban 3. trabajaba trabajábamos 1. trabajábamos 2. trabajar comprendías 1.comprendía 2.comprendíais 3.comprendías If you found that really easy have a go at working these 5 out for yourself… llenaba cubría enseñabas cantaban llevabas

  6. What are the three steps to making a verb in the present tense? • Find the infinitive of the verb 2.Take off the infinitive ending 3.Add the correct ending from the table depending on who is doing the verb

  7. What would the following be in Spanish? -AR Verbs -aba -abas -aba -ábamos -abais -aban -ER Verbs -ía -ías -ía -íamos -íais -ían -IR Verbs -ía -ías -ía -íamos -íais -ían I You (sing,inf) He/she/it We You(pl,inf) They Use ONLY your verb ending table to help you if you need to COMER she ate HABLAR We spoke SALIR You used to go out comía hablábamos QUERER they wanted salías VIVIR You all used to live ESCRIBIR I wrote querían vivíais REACCIONAR I reacted JUGAR You all played escribía reaccionaba jugabáis

  8. Some verbs are irregular (they don’t follow this pattern) and you just have to learn them. For example: ver (to see) Ir (to go) Ser (to be) yo I tú you él/ella he/she nosotros we vosotros you all ellos/ellas they era iba veía veías veía ibas eras iba era íbamos veíamos éramos veíais veían ibais erais eran iban NOTE: You do not need a separate word for “I / you / he”etc, as this is shown through the verb ending you add on.

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