Exam 2 (Imperfetto)

Question 1

Conjugations

Answer 1

• vo
• vi
• va
• vamo
• vate
• vano

Question 2

essere (irregular)

Answer 2

ero
eri
era

eravamo
eravate
erano

Question 3

fare (irregular)

Answer 3

facevo
facevi
faceva

facevamo
facevate
facevano

Question 4

bere (irregular)

Answer 4

bevevo
bevevi
beveva

bevevamo
bevevate
bevevano

Question 5

dire (irregular)

Answer 5

dicevo
dicevi
diceva

dicevamo
dicevate
dicevano

Question 6

Imperfect tense used to describe:

Answer 6

Environment, time, weather
Physical and mental states
Age in the past
Habitual actions in the past
An action in progress while another action was taking place or completed

Question 7

Using passato prossimo and imperfetto

If past action took place only ONCE, was repeated a SPECIFIC number of times, or was performed within a DEFINITE time period then use ___?

Answer 7

Passato prossimo

Question 8

If a past action was HABITUAL, was repeated an UNSPECIFIED number of times, or was performed for an INDEFINITE period (with beginning or end indicated) then use __?

Answer 8

Imperfetto

It is used to describe circumstances surrounding a past action or event

ex. Every evening I would (used to) listen to the radio
Tutte le sere ascioltavo la radio