Preterite vs. Imperfect (English version)- Superhombre

Select the Instance when the preterite tense is used. (Select 3 boxes)

• •Sequential Action

• •Age

• •Enclosed amount of time

• •Setting Description & Characteristics

• •Finished/Completed Action

Select the Instance when the imperfect tense is used. (Select 3 boxes)

• •Emotional Health

• •Repetition (Habitual & Ongoing Action)

• •Completed Actions

• •Setting Description & Characteristics

• •Enclosed amount of time

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect in the past tense?

When Kal-El was young he lived on the planet Krypton.

• imperfect, preterite

• preterite, imperfect

• preterite, preterite

• imperfect, imperfect

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?

But one day his parents said goodbye to him and put him in a spaceship to save him from the Kryptonian explosion.

• imperfect, preterite

• preterite, imperfect

• preterite, preterite

• imperfect, imperfect

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?

After a long journey, he arrived in a town in Kansas where Johnathan and Martha Kent found him.

• imperfect, preterite

• preterite, imperfect

• preterite, preterite

• imperfect, imperfect

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?

They gave him the new name of Clark Kent.

• imperfect

• preterite

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?

Clark loved his adoptive parents very much and always did a lot of chores to help them around the house.

• imperfect, preterite

• preterite, imperfect

• preterite, preterite

• imperfect, imperfect

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?

Clark had a dog who was called Krypto and they had fun together every day.

• imperfect, preterite

• preterite, imperfect

• preterite, preterite

• imperfect, imperfect

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?

One day while Clark was cooking, his mother entered in the kitchen.

• imperfect, preterite

• preterite, imperfect

• preterite, preterite

• imperfect, imperfect

Would the following sentence be written using the preterite or imperfect tense?

He told his mother that he was Superman!

• imperfect, preterite

• preterite, imperfect

• preterite, preterite

• imperfect, imperfect