Grammar: Verbs: Imperfect Flashcards

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Various ways to translate verbs in the imperfect tense:

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‘was [verb]ing…’
‘used to [verb]…’
‘would [verb]…’

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Imperfect is the:

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Descriptive tense

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When something happens while something else was going on:

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Thing that happened: Preterite

Thing going on: Imperfect

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Often used with the tense:

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Past progressive

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