preterite vs imperfect Flashcards
1
Q
actions that happened a stated number of times
A
preterite
2
Q
actions with a stated duration
A
preterite
3
Q
a chain of events, one after another
A
preterite
4
Q
verbs for beginnings and endings (empezar, terminar) ((he asked))
A
preterite
5
Q
descriptions of people places or things
A
imperfect
6
Q
ongoing situations and habitual actions in the past (WITHOUT stating exact number)
A
imperfect
7
Q
time frames
A
imperfect
8
Q
what was going on
A
imperfect
9
Q
what happened
A
preterito
10
Q
one day
A
preterite
11
Q
ayer
A
preterite
12
Q
anoche
A
preterite
13
Q
ante ayer
A
preterite
14
Q
el pascado
A
preterite
15
Q
el ano pasado
A
preterite
16
Q
tres veces
A
preterite
17
Q
el mes pascado
A
preterite
18
Q
esta manana
A
preterite
19
Q
repeated action
A
imperfect
20
Q
everday
A
imperfect
21
Q
description
A
imperfect
22
Q
location
A
imperfect
23
Q
emotion
A
imperfect
24
Q
weather
A
imperfect
25
inturped action
imperfect
26
completed action
preheterate
27
repeated actions
imperfect
28
telling time
imperfect
29
habits
imperfect
30
background info
imperfect
31
intrupped action
imperfect
32
completed actions
imperfect
