Imperfect Tense

When is the imperfect tense used?

• In the present
• In the past
• In the future
• Never

When in the past is the imperfect tense used?

• One time actions
• Repeated actions

What is the imperfect yo form of hablar?

• hablé
• hablaba
• hablía
• hablo

What is the imperfect form of comer?

• como
• comí
• comía
• comaba

We use the imperfect tense to refer to... (tick 3 boxes)

• How things normally are

• What was going on when something else happened

• What is going to happen

• Background description / setting the scene

• What used to happen / how things used to be

The imperfect tense is used to refer to __________ events.

• present

• past

• future

To form the imperfect tense, we remove the - AR/-ER/-IR ending from the infinitive verb and add the following endings:

• -AR = -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -abais, -aban

  -ER/-IR = - ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían,

• -AR = -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron

  -ER/-IR = -í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron

• -AR = -o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an

  -ER/-IR = -o, -es, -e, -emos, -éis, -en

Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:

"Every year I visited the coast of Wales"

Todos los años _________ la costa de Gales.

• visitaba

• visito

• visité

Choose the correct imperfect verb for the translation:

"I was swimming in the sea when it started to rain."

____________ en el mar cuando empezó a llover.

• Nadaba

• Nadabas

• Nadábamos

Which tense would you need to translate this sentence to Spanish?

"Last year I went to Spain."

• Present tense

• Preterite tense

• Imperfect tense