Imperfect Vs Preterite

Question 1

Imperfect and Preterite both…

Answer 1

describe the past

Question 2

Preterite:

Answer 2

is used to describe an event or action the speaker sees as completed.

(Yesterday I visited the museum)

Question 3

Imperfect:

Answer 3

Used to emphasize that an action happened repeatedly or habitually in the past (in childhood)

Or was in the process of happening during a specific time

Question 4

Imperfect to describe an action that was in progress in the past, when something else interrupted it.

Answer 4

Interrupting action is expressed in preterite tense.

Question 5

(Pasear) ____ por el parque cuando (empezar) _____ llover.

Answer 5

Paseaba y empezó