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Page 1: El imperfecto Another Form of the Past Tense. Another form of past tense Used to express things you ‘used to’ do Used to express action still in progress

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Another Form of the Past TenseAnother Form of the Past TenseAnother Form of the Past TenseAnother Form of the Past Tense

Page 2: El imperfecto Another Form of the Past Tense. Another form of past tense Used to express things you ‘used to’ do Used to express action still in progress

Another form of past tense•Used to express things

you ‘used to’ do

•Used to express action still in progress in the past

•Used to make descriptions in the past

•Used to express events/actions when there is no definite time period

Page 3: El imperfecto Another Form of the Past Tense. Another form of past tense Used to express things you ‘used to’ do Used to express action still in progress

How to conjugate1. Drop the -ar/-er/-ir

endings just like the present tense and preterite tense

2. Add the appropriate ending

Page 4: El imperfecto Another Form of the Past Tense. Another form of past tense Used to express things you ‘used to’ do Used to express action still in progress

-AR ENDINGSJust remember ‘Hubba Bubba’:

regular -ar verbs:

-aba -ábamos-abas -abais-aba -aban

Page 5: El imperfecto Another Form of the Past Tense. Another form of past tense Used to express things you ‘used to’ do Used to express action still in progress

-ER/-IR ENDINGS• Just remember ‘Old

MacDonald’:

• regular –er/-ir verbs:

•-ía -íamos

•-ías -íais

•-ía -ían

Page 6: El imperfecto Another Form of the Past Tense. Another form of past tense Used to express things you ‘used to’ do Used to express action still in progress

Now let’s conjugate:hablar jugar

yo hablaba nosotros hablábamos jugaba jugábamos

tú hablabas vosotros hablabais jugabas jugabais

él ellos

ella hablaba ellas hablaban jugaba jugaban

ud. uds.

Page 7: El imperfecto Another Form of the Past Tense. Another form of past tense Used to express things you ‘used to’ do Used to express action still in progress

Now let’s conjugate:comer escibir

yo comía nosotros comíamos escribía escribíamos

tú comías vosotros comíais escribías escribíais

él ellos

ella comía ellas comían escribía escribían

ud. uds.

Page 8: El imperfecto Another Form of the Past Tense. Another form of past tense Used to express things you ‘used to’ do Used to express action still in progress

ONLY 3 IRREGULARSser

yo era nosotros éramos

tú eras vosotros erais

él ellos

ella era ellas eran

ud. uds.

Page 9: El imperfecto Another Form of the Past Tense. Another form of past tense Used to express things you ‘used to’ do Used to express action still in progress

ir

yo iba nosotros íbamos

tú ibas vosotros ibais

él ellos

ella iba ellas iban

ud. uds.

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verver

yo veía nosotros veíamos

tú veías vosotros veíais

él ellos

ella veía ellas veían

ud. uds.