Prueba - Gramática 4A - Imperfecto

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Gramática - Regular Verbs in the Imperfecto

Gramática - Irregular verbs in the Imperfecto

Imperfecto - Listening

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Prueba - Gramática 4A - Imperfecto

Last updated 9 days ago

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Gramática - Regular Verbs in the Imperfecto

Organize the steps listed below to show how to conjugate a verb in the imperfect. Add a number in the box next to each step. Place them in order from step 1 to step 6.

_______ = Find the subject pronoun and the corresponding verb ending.
_______ = Attach the verb ending to the stem.
_______ = Add an accent when appropriate.
_______ = Keep the stem. NO stem change needed.
_______ = Identify which group the infinitive belongs to (ar, er, and ir)
_______ = Remove the ending from the infinitive.

When we translate a verb in the imperfect from Spanish to English, we can use any of the following translations:

We used to....
We would .... + verb
we were + verb ing

Read about the childhood memories Carlos is sharing with his friend Tom. Complete  Carlos’s statements with the imperfect form of the appropriate verb in parentheses.

De pequeños, mis hermanos y yo _______ (pasar / preparar) mucho tiempo en casa de nuestros tíos. La casa _______ (beber / tener) un patio grande con una piscina. A mí me _______ (deber / encantar) nadar en la  piscina. Por lo general mis hermanos, Ana y Roberto, no _______ (nadar /  poder) conmigo. Ana _______ (jugar / ensayar) con sus muñecas y Roberto _______ (patinar / montar) en el triciclo. Luego, todos nosotros _______  (ayudar / pensar) a mi tía a preparar el almuerzo. Ella siempre _______ (hacer / decir) nuestros postres favoritos.  Dime, Tom, de pequeño, ¿tú _______ (esquiar / visitar) a alguien especial?  ¿Qué _______ (hacer / tener) con esa persona?

Match the trigger words with their translations

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Por lo general		often
los lunes		In general
casi siempre		Almost always
de vez en cuando		many times
A menudo		from time to time
muchas veces		On Mondays

Answer the following questions and write complete  sentences to tell about your childhood. 

¿Dónde jugaban tus amigos y tú? _______ 
¿Qué coleccionabas cuando eras niño/a? _______ 
¿Cómo se portaban tus vecinos cuando eras niño/a? _______
¿Qué compartían tus amigos? _______ 

Gramática - Irregular verbs in the Imperfecto

Complete the following comments about these people when they were children,  using the imperfect form of the verbs ver, ir, or ser.

De niña, Julieta _______ mucho la tele. Pero mi hermano y yo nunca _______ televisión porque todos los días _______ a la guardería infantil.
De pequeños, mis primos _______ un poco desobedientes, pero mi hermano a veces se portaba bien, como yo. Por lo general nosotros _______ a la guardería infantil todos los días.
Javier, ¿ _______ básquetbol en la tele también? 
Mis muñecas _______ mis juguetes favoritos cuando _______ niña. 

Imperfecto - Listening

Listen as Patricia listens to her favorite popular radio show “Yo no lo sabía” to find out things that she didn’t know about some of her favorite movie and TV personalities. Match what you hear the DJ say about her favorite celebrities to the pictures below. Write the number of each piece of gossip underneath the picture it refers to. You will hear each piece of gossip twice.

Prueba - Gramática 4A - Imperfecto

Prueba - Gramática 4A - Imperfecto

When we translate a verb in the imperfect from Spanish to English, we can use any of the following translations: We used to....We would .... + verbwe were + verb ing

Match the trigger words with their translations

When we translate a verb in the imperfect from Spanish to English, we can use any of the following translations: We used to....We would .... + verbwe were + verb ing

Match the trigger words with their translations

When we translate a verb in the imperfect from Spanish to English, we can use any of the following translations:

We used to....
We would .... + verb
we were + verb ing

When we translate a verb in the imperfect from Spanish to English, we can use any of the following translations:

We used to....
We would .... + verb
we were + verb ing