1. El Imperfecto
~The Imperfect Tense~

2. 2 Main Past Tenses in Spanish
In Spanish, there are 2 main tenses used to talk in the past:
1. El Pretérito
2. El Imperfecto

3. El Pretérito Remember:
The PRETÉRITO is used to talk about actions that are completed.
They have a definite beginning and ending.
Yesterday I ate dinner at 5:00.
I woke up, got dressed, and ate breakfast.

4. El Imperfecto
EL IMPERFECTO is a tense used to describe actions in the past that are not seen as completed.
This tense is primarily used to DESCRIBE in the past.

5. El Imperfecto As a child, I used to always play soccer.
My family and I used to vacation in Hawaii every Summer.
I was very shy as a kid.

6. Conjugation: Endings Drop the Ending (AR, ER, IR) Add: For AR Verbs:
aba abas aba ábamos (*Note the accent mark*) abais aban

7. Conjugation: Endings ía ías ía íamos íais ían For ER and IR Verbs:
*NOTE = All of the endings have an accent on the “i”

8. Práctica
Hablar =
hablaba hablabas hablaba hablábamos hablabais hablaban

9. Práctica
Comer =
comía comías comía comíamos comíais comían

10. ser era eras era éramos erais eran
Irregular Verbs:
There are only 3 irregular verbs!!!
ser era eras era éramos erais eran

11. ir iba ibas iba íbamos ibais iban

12. ver veía veías veía veíamos veíais veían

13. Use the Impefect To:
To talk about actions that were repeated or habitual:
We would eat watermelon everyday. (watermelon = sandía)
Comíamos sandía todos
los veranos.

14. Use the Impefect To: To Tell Time in The Past And
To Tell Sombody’s Age
In The Past

15. Era la una cuando ví la película.
Eran las tres y media cuando empezó la clase.
Yo tenía diez años cuando recibí mi primera bicicleta.

16. Práctica De niña, yo ___ con las muñecas. (jugar) *jugaba*
Mi familia y yo siempre ____ la Navidad con mis abuelos.
*celebrábamos*

17. Traduzca al Español: I used to always wear jeans and T-shirts.
When I was six years old, I used to always play baseball with my friends.

18. Práctica My family and I visited my grandparents in California a lot.
My brothers swam in the river every day.

19. Tarea
Write a sentence about the things you used to do as a younger child. Use the examples on the back of your powerpoint notes sheet

20. Homework Examples Toys: De niño(a) yo jugaba mucho con los Legos.
Movies: De niño(a) yo veía muchas veces la película “Ace Ventura Pet Detective”.
Cartoons:De niño(a) me gustaba mucho los dibujos animados de Ren y Stimpy.