1. The Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation
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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.

3. 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.

4. Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation
To describe the situation or background information when something else happened or interrupted the ongoing action.

5. Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation
In these cases, the imperfect tense is used to tell what someone was doing when something happened (preterite.)

6. Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation
Todos mis parientes bailaban cuando llegamos.
All my relatives were dancing when we arrived.