Question

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 hair. ________________________________________________________________________

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).

**DO NOT USE THE COMPUTER/INTERNET FOR TRANSLATIONS!

Tell me a story about what happened to you at a certain time in Spanish. Use the Imperfect and Preterite Tense! You can use Clue words if you would like.

Answer 1

2, Mary caminó hacia la playa y vio a John
3, Estaban hablando en español y empezó a llover.
5, Antes comias verduras mientras escuchas música
6, cuando era más joven, jugaba a connect 4 con mi abuela
9,Antes hablaban mucho por teléfono pero ahora no hablan mucho.

Answer 2

1:

La niña era alta y rubia. P

Le gustaban los perros y tenía tres Yorkies. I

Una mañana, no pudo encontrar uno. I

Lo buscó en su calle. P

Después de una hora, lo encontró detrás de un árbol, en el patio de un vecino. P

10:

Cada año, nuestra familia solía viajar a México en un avión. I

Solíamos quedarnos una semana con nuestra tía y tío. P

Volvimos con café y ropa. I