Preterite vs. Imperfect Tense in Spanish

Unknown Grade45 minutes

Learning Objective

I can create a sentence in the preterite tense to describe a completed past event.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. What is the main difference between the preterite and imperfect tenses in Spanish? Provide an example of each.

2. Write a sentence in the preterite tense describing a completed action you did yesterday.

3. In the context of storytelling, why is background information typically expressed in the imperfect tense? Provide an example.

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02 Spanish Lesson - preterite vs imperfect (part 1)

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