Question

Paulina tenía miedo en la casa de su abuela.

Why is the verb tener in the imperfect tense in the sentence above?

It is about a repeated/ongoing action.
It is about a person’s emotions.
It is about time/age when something happened.
It is about the weather in the past.

Answer 1

It is about a person’s emotions.

The imperfect tense is used to describe repeated or continuous actions in the past, what something or someone was like in the past, or what people used to do or what things used to be like. In this case, “tenía” describes Paulina’s ongoing state of fear.