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El imperfecto y el pretérito

Español IV Honores

• Sra. Broda

What We Learned in Spanish II & III

• 1. The preterite has a lot of

irregular verbs that we had to memorize.

• 2. The preterite is used for

completed actions in the past.

What We Learned in Spanish II & III

• 1. The imperfect is easy to

conjugate and only has 3 irregular verbs: ser, ir & ver

• 2. We use the imperfect to:
• say what we used to do.
• describe people, things, and

the weather in the past

What We Learned in Spanish II & III

We use the imperfect to:

• say what was happening

instead of the progressive tense.

• communicate emotions, ideas,

and beliefs in the past

• Tell time and someone’s age in

the past

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What We Added This Year (New Information)

• 1. Some verbs have different meanings in the imperfect and

preterite.

• 2. The imperfect is used to communicate actions happening at

the same time in the past: Yo estudiaba cuando mi hermano practicaba su trompeta.

• 3. The preterite is used for a sequence of events in the past:

Estudié, cené con mi familia, vi la tele, me duché, me cepillé los dientes y me acosté.

• 4. The preterite interrupts the imperfect:

Yo estudiaba cuando mi hermano practicó (empezó a practicar) su trompeta.

• 5. When the preterite is used for emotions,

something caused the emotion to change. Estuvimos emocionados cuando nuestro equipo ganó el trofeo.

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More New Information: Narrations in the Past

El imperfecto

El pretérito

• 1. Is used to set the

scene and describe background information.

• 2. Is still used all the
• ther ways we

have learned.

• 1. Is used for

completed, the beginning, and the end of actions.

• 2. Is used to indicate

dialogue.

• 3. Is still used all the
• ther ways we

have learned.