Preterite Vs. Imperfect Flashcards

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Telling time

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Imperfect always

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Time frames

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Preterite

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Giving age

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Imperfect always

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General weather description

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Almost always imperfect

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Weather events

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Preterite

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Setting the scene in a story

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Imperfect

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(Series of) completed past actions

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Preterite

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One time

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Preterite

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Defined start and end

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Preterite

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Something that happened/events

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Preterite

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Expressing mental, emotionald, physical changes

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Preterite

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Repeated/ habitual past actions(used to)

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Imperfect

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Ongoing past actions without reference to beginning or end

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Imperfect

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Was were…-ing

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Imperfect

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Simultaneous ongoing actions

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Imperfect

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Descriptions

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Imperfect

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Describing moods, feelings, desires and intentions

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Imperfect