The document summarizes the difference between the preterit and imperfect tenses in Spanish. The preterit tense is used to describe a specific action that occurred at a definite point in the past, while the imperfect tense describes repeated or ongoing actions that took place over an undefined period in the past or as a habit in the past. Some examples are provided to illustrate the uses of each tense.

1. Imperfect Tense vs.. Preterit Tense Trishna Sharma and Emily Gavras

2. Preterit Tense Imperfect Tense preterit Tense is used when normally speaking about the past, as in a specific time. - specific time or place Ex: El fue a la playa. He went to the beach. Ex: Aris corto su pelo. Aris cut his hair. -Imperfect tense is used when speaking about a general time in the past, “used to”. -Implies a long time ago, or unspecified time ago. Ex: El iba a la playa. He used to go to the beach. Ex: Aris cortaba su pelo. Aris used to cut his hair.

3. Preterit endings AR ER/IR ir/ser é amos aste ó aron í imos iste ió ieron fui fuimos fuiste fue fueron

4. AR ER/IR ir aba ábamos abas aba aban ía íamos ías ía ían iba ibamos ibas iba iban

5. Choose if it’s preterit or imperfect than translate to spanish<3 I used to go to school. They went to school yesterday. When Jesse was 5, he had no friends. Aris cut his hair. Karishma Sharma used to study. Maha Chaudhry went to the mall. Gabby Schatz used to brush her teeth.

6. WORDS Para el imperfecto, las palabras son: used to, over a long period of time, not just once Para el preterito, las palabras son: … . Just make sure you know that its an action that happened once or a specific time.