Describing school facilities (Part 3/3)

Spanish

Studies and life at school

The imperfect tense is generally translated into English by using the construction:

'aba' for -ar verbs and 'ía' for -er/-ir verbs.

'aba' for -er verbs and 'ía' for -ar/-ir verbs.

'aba' for -ir verbs and 'ía' for -ar/-er verbs.

What are the 2 main endings the imperfect tense uses in Spanish?

To talk about more than one thing or person, we need to add the letter  '___'  at the end of the imperfect.

Era(n) = he/she/it used to be (they) used to be/ había = there used to be.

Era(n) = he/she/it used to be (they) used to be/ había = there used to have.

Era(n) = he/she/it used to have (they) used to be/ había = there used to be.

In today's lesson, you have learned 2 irregular imperfect tenses: era(n) and había. What do they mean?

The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in Spanish in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

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