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Which Tense? Imperfect? Preterite? Another? – Translate

**#1 & 10: Translate, then above each sentence write P for Preterite and I for Imperfect.

~~**#2-9: Translate and tell me which tense was used???Preterite? Imperfect? Present??

1. The girl was tall and blonde. She liked dogs and had 3 Yorkies. One morning, she couldn’t find one. She looked for it on her street. After an hour, she found him behind a tree, in a neighbor’s yard.

2. Mary walked to the beach and she saw John.

3. They were talking in Spanish and it started to rain.

4. I was running to the hotel when I fell. (caerse)

5. You used to eat vegetables while you listened to music.

6. When I was younger, I played “connect 4” with my grandma.

7. John was short and brunette when he was a boy.

8. Tomas was 15 years old and he had red

9. They used to talk on the phone a lot but now they don’t talk a lot.

10. Every year, our family used to travel to Mexico on a plane. We used to stay (we would stay) for a week with our aunt and uncle. We returned with coffee and clothes.

*Remember! The Imperfect and Preterite tenses are both Past tense!! You need to know when to use them. Use all the sheets I’ve given you to figure it out…If you aren’t sure about how to say a verb, look in your Green sheets (Regular -AR, -ER, & -IR verbs and Reflexive), and your Blue sheets (Stem-changing).
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Answer 1

Answers:

1. La muchacha era alta y rubia. Le gustaban los perros y tenía 3 yorkies. Una mañana ella no pudo encontrar uno. Lo busco en la calle. Después de una hora, ella lo encontró detrás de un arbol, en el patio del vecino. Preterite

2. Mary caminó hacia la playa y vió a Jonh. Preterite

3. Ellos estaban hablando en español y comenzó a llover. Imperfect

4. Estaba corriendo hacia el hotel cuando me caí. Preterite

5. Solías comer verduras mientras escuchabas música. Preterite

6. Cuando era más joven, jugué a "connect 4" con mi abuela. Preterite

7. John era bajo y moreno cuando era un niño. Preterite

8. Tomás tenía 15 años y él tenía rojo... (incomplete sentence). Preterite

9. Solían hablar mucho por teléfono, pero ahora ellos no hablan tanto. Preterite.

10. Todos los años, nuestra familia solía viajar a México en avión. Solíamos quedarnos (nos quedaríamos) por una semana con nuestros tíos. Regresábamos con café y ropa. Preterite