tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past

B2 - 1 Yo trabajaba hasta tarde, mientras que él solo trabajaba hasta...

B2 - 2 Ella enseñaba en la universidad al mismo tiempo que yo estudiaba allí.

B2 - 3 Hace unos años, cuando él trabajaba en la oficina en la ciudad, ella...

Past experiences of work: -ar verbs imperfect tense 2nd and 3rd person singular

Spanish

Past experiences of work: -ar verbs imperfect tense 1st person singular

Past celebrations: -er and -ir verbs imperfect tense

Past routines: -er and -ir verbs imperfect tense

The past of a Spanish-speaking city: 'era', 'eras'

Extended reading (Don Quijote): 'había' and 'tenía'

Extended reading (Don Quijote): imperfect continuous

In this unit, pupils learn how to form the imperfect tense for past habitual events with -ar, -er, -ir verbs. Irregular imperfect forms for 'ser' 'era' and 'eras' are also taught. Pupils reinforce their knowledge of the imperfect tense by exploring the text 'El Quijote'.

Past routines and past events: imperfect tense

Order the words to say 'I used to give language classes at a university'.

Order the words to say 'he used to send workers on business trips abroad'.

'The film used to make me laugh.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.

'Yo __________ un plano, entonces yo lo perdí.' Which word completes this sentence?

Order the words to say 'in Peru, there is gold that is buried'.

Order the words to say 'the important meeting is taking place in public'.

'Ella escapó del rey.' Translate this sentence into English.

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