used to talk about habitual actions in the past or to describe how things were in the past

part of 'ser' in the imperfect tense meaning 'I, she, he, it was' or 'I, she, he, it used to be'

C2 - 1 Como mucha comida basura aquí porque es muy barata ...

C2 - 2 Mi padre tiene un nuevo trabajo ...

C2 - 3 Mi mejor amiga allí era muy graciosa ...

C2 - 4 Mi asignatura favorita es el inglés ...

C2 - 5 Vivía al lado de mi abuela y la veía a menudo ...

C2 - 6 Me gustaba la educación física y hacía muchos deportes ...

Dos idiomas, dos culturas - los Nuyoricans: imperfect for habitual actions

Spanish

Ser de otro país: perfect tense -ar regular -ado, irregular past participles

Ser de otro país: perfect and preterite tenses

¿Alguna vez has ... ? Develop conversations with perfect and preterite tenses

Hemos venido de Puerto Rico: perfect tense -er/ir regular -ido

Dos idiomas, dos culturas: develop reading, practise transcription

Aprender un idioma: 'hay que', 'se puede', 'se necesita', 'se debe'

Aprender un idioma: stem-change verbs like 'encontrar', 'pensar', 'poder'

Aprender un idioma: translation, extended writing

This unit introduces singular and plural forms of 'haber' with an -ar verb stem and '-ado', and an -er or -ir verb stem with '-ido'. Pupils learn some irregular past participles. The unit introduces 'hay que', 'se puede', 'se necesita', 'se debe', and the passive 'se' with the third person.

My personal world: cuestiones de identidad

Which verb is not in the imperfect tense?

Which Spanish verbs would have an imperfect form ending in -aba?

Order the words to say: 'I used to swim whereas you used to do homework'.

Write in Spanish: 'I used to live with my family'.

Write in Spanish: 'He used to inform the people'.

Order the numbers from smallest to largest.

Which sentences mean 'I played football'?

Dos idiomas, dos culturas - los Nuyoricans: imperfect for habitual actions

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