RULES: Preterit/Imperfect

Front

CLAP/ONE and DONE

Back

Preterite

Front

Drum ROLL

Back

Imperfect

Front

When you are describing something in the past like the setting, a person and their characteristics, etc., which tense do you use?

Back

Imperfect

Front

When you are listing a sequence of completed events which are done and over with, in the past, which tense(s) do you use? (Ex: I went to art class, I sat in my chair, and I painted a portrait.)

Back

Preterite

Front

To talk about repeated actions in the past that occurred frequently and were ongoing, which tense do you use?

Back

Imperfect

Front

Telling time in the past

Back

Imperfect

Front

When one action is interrupted by another action in the past, which tense do you use? I was doing my homework when the power went out.

Back

Preterite

Front

Completed actions in the past

Back

Preterite

Front

Continual / Habitual Actions in the past

Back

Imperfect

Front

Known time, length of time or number of repetitions

Back

Preterite