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Más práctica con el imperfect-Repaso Rápido
Palabras y frases claves: Certain words and phrases, when used to describe frequency of a past action, imply
repetitive occurrences of that action. When they appear in a sentence describing an ongoing past action, use the
imperfect tense. Here are some of the words and phrases that will indicate the imperfect tense:
con frecuencia ( frequently; often)
tantas veces (so many times)
frecuentemente (frequently)
todo el tiempo (all the time)
cuando (whenever)
mientras (while)
toda la vida (all one’s life)
de vez en cuando (from time to time)
todo el día (all day long)
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a menudo (often)
nunca (never)
a veces (at times; sometimes)
por un rato (for a while)
muchas veces (many times)
varias veces (several times)
cada día (each day)
siempre (always)
¿Cómo se dice?
1. I always studied before a test.
5. They often wrote us long letters.
2. He frequently called me after 10:00 p.m.
6. From time to time we sent money to the
3. All my life I wanted to have a piano.
organization.
4. You ate there frequently.
7. All the time I was there, he never said anything.
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Había is the past of hay. Just as hay in the present is both singular and plural (there is, there are), había in the
past is also both singular and plural (there was, there were).
¿Cómo se dice?
1. There was a spider (arañ) under my bed.
5. There was a lot of noise in the room (cuarto).
2. There were eight people that (que) were not
(ruido = noise)
here.
6. Weren’t there any books in the library?
3. There was a fly in my soup. (mosca = fly; sopa =
7. Wasn’t there any snow in the mountains? (nieve =
soup)
snow)
4. There were a hundred questions on the test.
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Time (hora), age (edad), and weather (clima) in the past are always in the imperfect tense.
¿Cómo se dice?
1. It was 2:30 when you called (usa el pretérito) me.
2. Maria was 22 when she bought (usa el pretérito) her first car.
3. It was cloudy (nublado). (usa ESTAR)
4. My brother was 18 when he graduated (usa el pretérito) from high school. (graduarse = to graduate; el
colegio = high school)
5. It was 5:15 when the flight left (usa el pretérito).
6. It was windy (viento). (usa HACER)
7. It was midnight when the vampire entered my bedroom. (el vampiro = vampire)