The Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation Realidades 2
Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation The imperfect tense is also used: To describe people, places, and situations in the past La casa de mis abuelos era enorme. Tenía cinco dormitorios.
Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation To talk about a past action or situation when no beginning or end is specified Había mucha gente en la casa para el aniversario de mis abuelos.
Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation To describe the situation or background information when something else happened or interrupted the ongoing action.
Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation In these cases, the imperfect tense is used to tell what someone was doing when something happened (preterite.)
Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation Todos mis parientes bailaban cuando llegamos. All my relatives were dancing when we arrived.