Preterite vs Imperfect

Question 1

To express actions or states viewed by the speaker as completed

Answer 1

Preterite

Question 2

To express the beginning or end of a past action

Answer 2

Preterite

Question 3

To narrate a series of past actions

Answer 3

Preterite

Question 4

To describe an ongoing past action without reference to beginning or end

Answer 4

Imperfect

Question 5

To express habitual past actions

Answer 5

Imperfect

Question 6

To describe mental, physical, and emotional states or conditions

Answer 6

Imperfect

Question 7

To tell time

Answer 7

Imperfect

Question 8

When narrating the past, the ____ describes what was happening and the ____ describes the action that interrupts the ongoing activity

Answer 8

imperfect

preterite

Question 9

The verbs ____, ____, ____, and _____ have different meanings when they are used in the preterite

Answer 9

querer, poder, saber, conocer

Question 10

provides background information

Answer 10

imperfect

Question 11

indicates specific events that advance the plot

Answer 11

preterite