1. El imperfecto

2. You learned to use the preterite tense to talk about actions completed in the past. Now you will learn about the imperfect tense to describe events that occurred in the past: The imperfect is used: To speak about background events in a story To talk about something you used to do as a habit To speak about how old someone was To say what time it was Hint: the word “siempre” (always) helps to tell that you should use the imperfect tense

3. To form the imperfect tense, you take the root of the verb (before the –ar, -er, or –ir ending) drop the ending, then add the following: ARER/IR -aba-ábamos -abasx -aba-aban -ía-íamos -ías -ía-ían

4. Cantar:

5. Tener:

6. Salir:

7. Trabajar: (cuz it’s funny)

8. Irregulars: SER

9. Irregulars: IR

10. Irregulars: VER

11. 1. When I was little, I behaved badly in school. ___________________________________ _________________________________ 2. My dad was angry. __________________________________ 3. My mom always prepared my favorite foods. _________________________________

12. 4. I was very happy child because my friends lived nearby. _____________________________________________ __________________________________ 5. I was ten years old when I studied Spanish for the first time. _____________________________________________ ___________________________________ 6. When I was little, I smiled and laughed a lot in school. _______________________________________________ _______________________________ 7. We always had fun (to have fun is a new verb!) in my classes. _____________________________________________ __________________________________