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Escritor famoso - Arturo Pérez Reverte: 'ver' imperfect, imperfect and preterite
I can understand a range of past-tense language in the context of the work of Arturo Pérez Reverte.
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Escritor famoso - Arturo Pérez Reverte: 'ver' imperfect, imperfect and preterite
I can understand a range of past-tense language in the context of the work of Arturo Pérez Reverte.
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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.
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
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).
Learning Cycle 2 contains only Higher Tier vocabulary. Starter and Exit Quiz Qs 2 are aimed at Higher Tier students.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Which set of singular verb endings applies to regular -ar verbs in the imperfect tense?
Which set of singular verb endings applies to regular -ar verbs in the imperfect tense?
-ía, -ías, -ía
-é, -aste, -ió
-o, -as, -a
Q4.Select the possible translations of ‘comía’.
Select the possible translations of ‘comía’.
I eat
she eats
we ate
Q5.Which verbs are in the imperfect tense?
Which verbs are in the imperfect tense?
escucho
comí
compra
Q6.'jugué', 'comí' and 'salí’ are examples of which verb tense?
'jugué', 'comí' and 'salí’ are examples of which verb tense?
imperfect
past continuous
perfect
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Complete the sentence: No desayuné hoy, por eso __________ mucha hambre.
Complete the sentence: No desayuné hoy, por eso __________ mucha hambre.
soy
estoy
Q4.Which verbs are irregular in the imperfect tense?
Which verbs are irregular in the imperfect tense?
estar
poder
querer
Q5.How do you spell ‘I used to see’ in Spanish’?
How do you spell ‘I used to see’ in Spanish’?
Q6.Which verb tenses are present in this sentence? Veía muchas situaciones peligrosas y un día decidí ayudar.
Which verb tenses are present in this sentence? Veía muchas situaciones peligrosas y un día decidí ayudar.
present
near future
