Nombre______Fecha______Hora ___

  • The imperfect tense is another ______tense in Spanish.
  • It refers to actions that happened______in the past.
  • In English, we can translate the imperfect tense to say that someone

______do something.

  • This is different than the preterit past tense which typically refers to a onetime event.

REGULAR ENDINGS

Use the examples on page 194 of your book to fill in the imperfect ENDINGS in the following charts for regular verbs.

-ar verbs-er/-ir verbs

*** regular –ar verbs have an accent*** regular –er & –ir verbs have accents

in the ______formin ______forms.

¡Práctica!  Conjugate the following verbs in the IMPERFECT tense.

Spanish infinitiveImperfect Conjugation

  1. I used to skate______
  2. you used to collect______
  3. he used to run______
  4. she used to share______
  5. we used to play______
  6. y’all used to collect______
  7. they used to fight______

There’s more on the back!!!
IRREGULAR VERBS

The imperfect tense only has _____ irregular verbs.

Refer to page 196 of your book to complete these charts.

Ir = to ______Ser = to ______Ver = to ______

¡Práctica! Complete each sentence with the appropriate form of one of the above irregular verbs in the preterite. Then, translate the sentence to English. Your choices for each one are a form of ir, ser, or ver.

  1. Cada verano, mi familia y yo ______al Norte de Michigan para las vacaciones.

Translation:

  1. De niño, yo ______muy deportista y me gustaba nadar en el lago.

Translation:

  1. Generalmente, mi familia no ______la tele mucho.

Translation:

  1. Todos los veranos ______fantásticos.

Translation:

WHEN TO USE THE IMPERFECT

The imperfect is not interchangeable with the preterite.

Refer to page 194 to translate this list of expressions that will serve as hints that you should use the imperfect in Spanish.

The symbol ** indicates that this expression is not on page 194. You will need to look elsewhere…like the back of your book.

generally  ______from time to time  ______

generally  ______everyday*  ______

often  ______each day*  ______

many times  ______always**  ______

frequently**  ______as a kid**  ______

as a kid**  ______

¡MI VIDA DE NIÑO/A!

For homework, you should write 5 amazing, interesting, original, detailed, never before been seen Spanish sentences that tell about your childhood. You should use the imperfect tense in each one and at least one new vocab word per sentence.Underline your uses of the imperfect and vocab.

-Example of a not so amazing sentence: Yo tenía un pez.

-Example of an amazing sentence: Yo tenía un pez que nadaba en su tanque grande.(Sorry if you also had a fish that swam in his big fish tank, but you cannot use this sentence.)