FCG P 62-3, 367 The Imperfect

Question 1

To tell time in the past

Answer 1

era/eran + time

Question 2

To state someone’s age in the past

Answer 2

a form of the verb tener in the imperfect + age

Question 3

-ar

Answer 3

aba, abas, aba

ábamos, abias, aban

Question 4

-er

Answer 4

ía, ías, ía

íamos, íais, ían

Question 5

-ir

Answer 5

ía, ías, ía

íamos, íais, ían

Question 6

to go

Answer 6

ir
iba, ibas, iba
íbamos, ibais, iban

Question 7

to be

Answer 7

ser
era, eras, era
éramos, erais, eran

Question 8

to see

Answer 8

ver
veía, veías, veía
veíamos, veías, veían

Question 9

General uses of imperfect

Answer 9

to describe actions in progress in which neither the beginning nor the end of the action matters; to describe two or more actions in progress that occurred simultaneously (mientras); to describe a past action in progress when another action occurred that may have interrupted the action in progress (cuando y mientras); to set the scene or background of a story by describing people, animals, places, and things or by describing ongoing emotions or mental or physical states; to describe habitual actions in the past

Question 10

general uses of preterit

Answer 10

to express a completed action or state, to denote the beginning or the end of a past action or state, to express an action or state that occurred over a specific period of time