Question

What did you used to do or enjoy as a favorite pastime with friends and family perhaps on vacation, breaks, or during holidays over the years? Write 5 Spanish sentences telling what pastimes were participated in over the years. Remember, repeated past activities or what someone used to do requires the imperfect tense. Be sure to include 5 different verbs conjugated in the imperfect tense and a variety of subject pronouns in your sentences. You will be graded on

(a) control of target grammar structures,
(b) accuracy of mechanics,
(c) control of vocabulary,
(d) and task completion

Answer 1

The Spanish sentences telling what pastimes were participated in over the years are:

• Cuando era niño, solía jugar en la playa con mi familia cada verano.
• Durante las vacaciones, mis amigos y yo siempre nadábamos en el lago.
• A menudo, mi hermana y yo visitábamos a nuestros abuelos y jugábamos a las cartas en su jardín.
• Los domingos, mis primos y yo solíamos hacer excursiones en bicicleta por el campo.
• Cada Navidad, mi familia participaba en la tradición de decorar el árbol juntos.

From the above, the sentence, Cuando era niño, solía jugar en la playa con mi familia cada verano." has the english Translation: "When I was a child, I used to play at the beach with my family every summer."

So, the Imperfect tense is used to describe a past habitual action during childhood (solía jugar).