Starter quiz
- Match the Spanish and English.
- ahorrar⇔to save, saving ✓
- costar⇔to be difficult ✓
- casarse⇔to get married ✓
- guerra⇔war ✓
- carretera⇔road ✓
- hambre⇔hunger ✓
- Match the Spanish and English.
- pobreza⇔poverty ✓
- sangre⇔blood ✓
- piedra⇔stone ✓
- oro⇔gold ✓
- valer⇔to be worth ✓
- sino⇔‘but’ (after a negative clause) ✓
- Which set of singular verb endings applies to regular -ar verbs in the imperfect tense?
- -aba, -abas, -aba ✓
- -ía, -ías, -ía
- -é, -aste, -ió
- -o, -as, -a
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- Select the possible translations of ‘comía’.
- I eat
- I used to eat ✓
- she eats
- he used to eat ✓
- we ate
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- Which verbs are in the imperfect tense?
- escucho
- bailaba ✓
- comí
- bebías ✓
- compra
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- 'jugué', 'comí' and 'salí’ are examples of which verb tense?
- imperfect
- preterite ✓
- past continuous
- perfect
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Exit quiz
- Match the Spanish and English.
- seguidor⇔follower ✓
- pasarlo bien⇔to have a good time ✓
- extraordinario⇔extraordinary ✓
- ejército⇔army ✓
- víctima⇔victim ✓
- semejante⇔similar ✓
- Match the Spanish and English.
- cometer⇔to commit, committing ✓
- temer⇔to fear, fearing ✓
- cabello⇔hair ✓
- diario⇔newspaper ✓
- soldado⇔soldier ✓
- humo⇔smoke ✓
- Complete the sentence: No desayuné hoy, por eso __________ mucha hambre.
- tengo ✓
- soy
- estoy
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- Which verbs are irregular in the imperfect tense?
- estar
- poder
- querer
- ver ✓
- ir ✓
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- How do you spell ‘I used to see’ in Spanish’?
- 1⇔v
- 2⇔e
- 3⇔í
- 4⇔a
- Which verb tenses are present in this sentence? Veía muchas situaciones peligrosas y un día decidí ayudar.
- preterite ✓
- imperfect ✓
- present
- near future
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Key learning points
- Like ‘ir’, ‘ver’ is irregular in the imperfect tense.
- ‘veía’, ‘veías’ and ‘veía’ are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular forms of ‘ver’ in the imperfect tense.
- The imperfect tense is used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly in the past.
- The imperfect endings of regular -er and -ir verbs are -ía, -ías, -íamos, -íais and -ían.
- The preterite tense is used to talk about something completed in the past.
Common misconception
The correct Spanish translation of 'I am hungry' is 'estoy hambre'.
The correct translation of 'I am hungry' is 'tengo hambre'. Sometimes Spanish uses ‘tengo’ + noun where the English would be ‘I am’ + adjective. Other examples of this structure are ‘tengo frío’ (I am cold) and ‘tengo miedo’ (I am scared).
Keywords
Imperfect - verb tense used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly
Preterite - verb tense used to talk about something completed in the past
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