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BACKGROUND INFORMATION IMPERFECT TENSE BACKGROUND INFORMATION

PAST TENSES IMPERFECT and PRETERITE What do we know about the Imperfect Tense? What do we know about the Preterite Tense?

PRETERITE/IMPERFECT ACTIONS ONLY! When Pedro was young, he used to walk to school everyday. He was walking when he fell down. He ran home and cried…

LOOK AGAIN… What if we add more details, make it more interesting… Look at the following:

PAST TENSES- ADDING MORE DETAILS When Pedro was young, he used to walk to school everyday. It was sunny and it was warm. It was very early, 7:00 in the morning. When he was ten years old he was walking and fell down. He was very sad! He was wearing his new jacket and it was dirty. He ran home and cried…

IMPERFECT TENSE-BACKGROUND INFORMATION Adding details to the past tense requires certain instances. We can call it: BACKGROUND INFORMATION THE FOLLOWING ARE THE IDEAS OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION WHEN YOU MUST USE THE IMPERFECT TENSE: LEARN THEM!

IMPERFECT TENSE-BACKGROUND INFORMATION Stating “when you were young.” Ex. Cuando era niña(o)… 2. Telling time in the past. Ex. Era la una…(It was 1:00) or Eran las dos, tres etc. (It was two, three, etc.)

IMPERFECT TENSE-BACKGROUND INFORMATION 3. Describing weather in the past. Ex. Hacía frío, calor. (It was cold, hot) Ex. Estaba nublado. (It was cloudy) Ex. Llovía. (It was raining) Ex. Nevaba. (It was snowing)

IMPERFECT TENSE-BACKGROUND INFORMATION 4. Giving someone’s age in the past. Ex. Ella tenía diez y nueve años. (She was 19 years old.) 5. A physical description in the past. Ex. Ella llevaba una chaqueta azul. (She was wearing a blue coat.)

IMPERFECT TENSE-BACKGROUND INFORMATION 6. An emotional change/description in the past. Ex. Ella estaba triste, alegre, furiosa, aburrida, enferma. (She was sad, happy, mad, bored, sick.) Ex. Pedro era muy inteligente. (Pedro was very intelligent.)

IMPERFECT TENSE-BACKGROUND INFORMATION Background Info.-BOTTOM LINE! Age Weather Telling Time Cuando era niño(a)… Physical Description (people and things) Emotions (sick, tired etc.)

IMPERFECT TENSE-BACKGROUND INFORMATION When Pedro was young, he used to walk to school everyday. It was sunny and it was warm. It was very early, 7:00 in the morning. When he was ten years old he was walking and fell down. He was very sad! He was wearing his new jacket and it was dirty. He ran home and cried…

IMPERFECT TENSE-BACKGROUND INFORMATION NOW, ADD ALL OF THESE IDEAS TO THE BACK OF YOUR IMPERFECT FOLDER…INCLUDING EXAMPLES. Then, begin the homework practice by translating the paragraph discussed in class into Spanish…

IMPERFECT TENSE-BACKGROUND INFORMATION When Pedro was young, he used to walk to school everyday. It was sunny and it was warm. It was very early, 7:00 in the morning. When he was ten years old he was walking and fell down. He was very sad! He was wearing his new jacket and it was dirty. He ran home and cried… Write the following in Spanish in your notebook. Decide which past tense you need FIRST!