Preterite/Imperfect Rules

Question 1

Imperfect rules

Answer 1

Habitual actions, actions in progress, feelings/emotions, heart and brain verbs, weather, tener expressions, 99% club (haber, estar, ser, tener), for telling time, one’s age, describing physical characteristics of people, things, or conditions, and used to do something

Question 2

Preterite rules

Answer 2

Completed action, single event, interrupting actions (Imperfect cuando preterite), sequential events, narration, to state the beginning or end of an action, and change in mood or emotion