2 Past Tense

Question 1

Where is your family?
Where was your family yesterday?

Answer 1

¿Dónde está su familia?
¿Dónde estaba su familia ayer?

Imperfect tense = location

Dónde estar is Recipe 3

Question 2

What is estaba about?

Answer 2

Usually location or health

Question 3

My family was at the beach yesterday.

Answer 3

Mi familia estaba en la playa ayer.

Question 4

Hay

Answer 4

there is / there are

root = haber

Recipe 2

Question 5

Is there an elevator here?

Answer 5

¿Hay un ascensor aquí?

Question 6

Was there an elevator there?

Answer 6

¿Había un ascensor allí?

Question 7

What is the difference between estaba and había?

Answer 7

estaba = location/health
había = there is/are

Question 8

There was a reservation.
The book was here yesterday.

Answer 8

Había una reservación.
El libro estaba aquí ayer.

Question 9

How was María yesterday?

Answer 9

¿Cómo estaba María ayer?

health

Question 10

How is past tense used with the Magic Circle (Recipe 1)

Answer 10

These lessons are about the Imperfect tense

Question 11

voy a

I am going to

Answer 11

fui a

I went to

Question 12

What is a tag question?

Answer 12

You are coming, aren’t you?

Question 13

How do they work?

Answer 13

State something, then add ,¿no?

Question 14

You were there, weren’t you?

Answer 14

Estaba allí, ¿no?

Question 15

What is the hierarchy of familiarity?

Answer 15

Señor Francisco Villa,
Don Francisco,
Francisco,
Pancho,
Panchito

Question 16

tutear

Answer 16

giving someone permission to use the tu form with you

If in doubt, used usted.

Question 17

Recipe 4 tengo/tiene

Answer 17

tenía for both,
to have → had

Question 18

I had promlems with him.

Answer 18

Tenía problems con él.

Question 19

I was hungry last night.

Answer 19

Tenía hambre anoche.

Question 20

I was cold last week.

Answer 20

Tenía frío la semana pasada.

Question 21

sobre todo

Answer 21

especially

Question 22

Vowel sounds running words together

Answer 22

Está aquí sounds like
Está quí

Question 23

Quiero/Quiere

Answer 23

to want

Question 24

Past tense for both

Answer 24

quería

Question 25

She wanted your book

Answer 25

Quería su libro

Question 26

How do you [does one] say . . .?

Answer 26

¿Cómo se dice . . . ?

Question 27

Was there?
Did you have?
Did you want?
Did you go?

Answer 27

Había,
Tenía,
Quería,
Fue a

Question 28

I was here at 3:00.

Answer 28

Estaba aquí a las tres.

Question 29

Did you want the schedule?

Answer 29

¿Quería el horario?

Question 30

I was right.

Answer 30

Tenía razón.