el pretérito y el imperfecto

El Pretéritoy

El ImperfectoReview Game

Bobbie-Angela Wong and Neal Patel

Round 1Vale un punto

There was an accident.

Hubo un accidente.

When I was a kid, I used to be

mischievous.

Cuando era pequeño(a), era

travieso(a).

She was in a rush.

Ella tenía prisa.

We were angry.

Estábamosenojados.

They slept for an hour.

(Ellos/Ellas)

Durmieron

una hora.

He came with wine.

Vino con vino.

I brought a suit to the wedding.

Traje un traje a la boda.

It was hot and sunny.

Hacía calor y hacía sol.

Round 2Vale dos puntos

When I was young, I wanted to have

success.

Cuando era pequeña, quería

tener éxito.

I was watching tv at home because I

couldn’t go out.

Veía la tele en mi casa porque no

podía salir.

It was cold and it was snowing.

Hacía frío y nevaba.

It was eleven at night when he went to bed.

Eran las once de la noche cuando él

se acostó.

We were singing while they were

dancing.

Cantábamos mientras bailaban.

We were bored, that’s why we

went to the mall.

Estábamos aburridos, por eso fuimos al centro

comercial.

There was a party yesterday and

there were a lot of people.

Hubo una fiesta ayer y había

mucha gente.

Round 3Vale tres puntos

He made an appointment to see the doctor

because he was sick.

Él hizo una cita para ver al médico porque él estaba

enfermo.

Every Sunday, I used to go to the

movies and I always used to

wait on line.

Todos los domingos, iba al cine y siempre

esperaba en cola.

I didn’t like the appetizers there,

so I went to a different bar.

No me gustaron las tapas allí, por eso fui a una tasca/un

bar diferente.

Señora Moskowitz knew Fred, but

Señorita Santiago met him

yesterday.

Las señora Moskowitz conocía a Fred, perola Srta. Santiago lo

conoció ayer.

Señor Burgo’s great grandfather had a

red car.

El bisabuelo del Sr. Burgos tuvo un

coche rojo.

Three weeks ago, Doctora Amos

threw a party and received lots of

gifts.

Hace tres semanas, La Dra. Amos

dio/hizo una fiesta y recibió muchos

regalos.

You broke your leg, went to the

hospital, and then they put a cast on

you.

Te rompiste la pierna, fuiste al

hospital y entonces te pusieron un

yeso.

Round 4Vale tantos puntos como

ustedes quieran.

¿Cuándo deben Uds. usar el imperfecto? (3)

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El Imperfecto• Used to happen repeatedly• Process is on going• Description

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El Pretérito• What someone already did• What happened in the past• Completed actions• Completed events