Composicion 4

Question 1

When to use the preterite?

Answer 1

Discuss actions in the past with beginning or end

Relates the events that pushes the story forward

A change in emotion or feeling

Question 2

When to use the imperfecto?

Answer 2

Describe past habits/routines

Describe action in progress with no emphasis on the start/end

Mental/physical states/characteristics
- ongoing condition

background information or details in the past

Date and time

Question 3

When to use por?

Answer 3

A cause, reason, or motive (because of, on behalf of)

Duration, period of time (during, for)

Exchange (for)

General movement through space (through, around, along, by)

Question 4

When do use para?

Answer 4

A goal, purpose (in order to, used for)

Recipient (for)

Destination (to)

Deadline (due, for)

Contrast to what is expected (for)

Question 5

Two simultaneous actions

Answer 5

Both verbs are conjugated in the imperfecto

Question 6

A series of completed actions

Answer 6

Both verbs are conjugated in the preterite

Question 7

One action in progress when another begins

Answer 7

The imperfect is used for the action in progress, and the preterite is used for the new action that began or interrupted the first action.