The imperfect subjunctive

Question 1

How do you form the imperfect subjunctive? (2)

Answer 1

1. Get the ellos/ellas/ustedes (third person plural) form of the preterito indefinido and drop the -ron.
2. Add the correct imperfect subjunctive ending.

Question 2

The imperfect subjunctive endings are the same for -ar, -ir and -er verbs. True or false?

Answer 2

True.

Question 3

What is the imperfect subjunctive ending for the pronoun ‘yo’?

Answer 3

-ra

Question 4

What is the imperfect subjunctive ending for the pronoun ‘tú’?

Answer 4

-ras

Question 5

What is the imperfect subjunctive ending for the pronouns ‘él/ella/usted’?

Answer 5

-ra

Question 6

What is the imperfect subjunctive ending for the pronoun ‘nosotros/as’?

Answer 6

-ramos

Question 7

What is the imperfect subjunctive ending for the pronoun ‘vosotros/as’?

Answer 7

-rais

Question 8

What is the imperfect subjunctive ending for the pronouns ‘ellos/ellas/ustedes’?

Answer 8

-ran

Question 9

What kind of sentence commonly uses the imperfect subjunctive?

When would you use it?

What is the structure?

Give an example in English

Answer 9

Ones that begin with ‘si’ (if)

When discussing possible or unlikely situations

Si + [imperfect subjunctive] + [conditional]

If I was rich, I would travel all the time
Si fuera rica, viajaré todo el tiempo

Question 10

Decir is irregular in the imperfect subjunctive. Conjugate it for the pronouns below.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros
vosotros
ellos/ellas/ustedes

Answer 10

yo dijera
tú dijeras
él/ella/usted dijera
nosotros dijéramos
vosotros dijerais
ellos/ellas/ustedes dijeran

Question 11

Hacer is irregular in the imperfect subjunctive. Conjugate it for the pronouns below.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros
vosotros
ellos/ellas/ustedes

Answer 11

yo hiciera
tú hicieras
él/ella/usted hiciera
nosotros hiciéramos
vosotros hicierais
ellos/ellas/ustedes hicieran

Question 12

Estar is irregular in the imperfect subjunctive. Conjugate it for the pronouns below.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros
vosotros
ellos/ellas/ustedes

Which verb is this similar to and what is the difference?

Answer 12

yo estuviera
tú estuvieras
él/ella/usted estuviera
nosotros estuviéramos
vosotros estuvierais
ellos/ellas/ustedes estuvieran

Tener: all the conjugations above are the same but minus the es- at the front of the verb

Question 13

Ir and ser are irregular in the imperfect subjunctive but the same as each other.

Which tense is this similar to?

Conjugate them for the pronouns below:
yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros
vosotros
ellos/ellas/ustedes

Answer 13

The pretérito indefinido

yo fuera
tú fueras
él/ella/usted fuera
nosotros fuéramos
vosotros fuerais
ellos/ellas/ustedes fueran