Una peli de Guillermo del Toro: imperfect and preterite tenses
I can use the imperfect and preterite tenses to describe a film.
- Year 11
- AQA
Una peli de Guillermo del Toro: imperfect and preterite tenses
I can use the imperfect and preterite tenses to describe a film.
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Key learning points
- The imperfect tense is used for descriptions, giving background information and ongoing events in the past.
- The preterite tense is used for completed events in the past.
- We use the 3rd person singular and plural when we talk about a film.
Keywords
Imperfect - verb tense used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly and to set the scene in past-tense accounts
Preterite - verb tense used to talk about something completed in the past and to drive the narrative forward in past-tense accounts
3rd person - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'she', 'he', 'it' (singular) or ‘they’ (plural)
Common misconception
To describe the past we can use both the preterite and the imperfect interchangeably.
We use the imperfect to set the scene, to give background information and to describe onling states. And we use the preterite to express completed actions that move the plot forward.
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Assessment exit quiz
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