Preterite vs Imperfect Tense

Question 1

Preterite tense is used…

Answer 1

• To talk about actions that happened in the past and feel completed by the speaker.
• To talk about a sequence of events.

Question 2

Imperfect tense is used…

Answer 2

• To talk about habitual past actions and events (what someone used to do in the past).
• To describe places and people in the past.