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IdentificarFill in the blanks Activity Hide details InstructionsListen and list the verbs under the correct category of preterite or imperfect. July 22 11:59 PM 3 attempts remaining Grade settings External referencesVocabulary list Grammar explanation Questions Modelo You hear: Cuando llegó la ambulancia, el esposo estaba mareado. You write: llegó under Preterite, and estaba under Imperfect. 0:23 / 1:49 Preterite Question 1 with 1 blank Question 2 with 1 blank Question 3 with 1 blank Question 4 with 1 blank Question 5 with 1 blank Question 6 with 1 blank Question 7 with 1 blank Question 8 with 1 blank Imperfect Question 9 with 1 blank Question 10 with 1 blank Question 11 with 1 blank Question 12 with 1 blank Question 13 with 1 blank Question 14 with 1 blank Question 15 with 1 blank

Answer 1

Answer: Imperfect Tense (Preterite)

Explanation:

The Imperfect Tense (Preterite) is one of the two forms of simple past in Spanish, and it is used to:

- talk about past habitual actions (adding used to in its different forms)

- describe what someone was doing when it was interrupted by someone (or something) else. In fact, is more a combination of the past tense and a continuous or repeating aspect. Frequently, this includes a sense of incompletion in the verb, but not always. (Is the equivalent to the Past Progresive Tense in english)

In other words:

It is specially used to describe what used to happen or what was happening.

In this sentence we are talking about two simultaneous facts: (1) the arrival of the ambulance and (2) the dizziness of the husband.

Cuando llegó la ambulancia, el esposo estaba mareado

When the ambulance arrived, the husband was dizzy

Note the husband was dizzy is an action that was taking place at that time in the past when the ambulance arrived.

That is why the verb estar (to be) is written in  imperfect tense as estaba (was).

Answer 2

Answer:

The statements from the listening are the following

1. Elisa le tomó la temperatura a su hijo porque estaba muy enfermo.

2. Me lastimé la rodilla cuando jugaba al tenis.  

3. Mi amiga Anita siempre tenía dolor de cabeza cuando estudiaba.  

4. Estábamos en la sala de emergencias cuando llegó la enfermera.  

5. El diente me dolió todo el fin de semana, pero el lunes el dentista me lo sacó.  

6. Fui a la farmacia a comprar el medicamento que me recetó el médico.  

7. Siempre me dolían los oídos cuando era niño.  

8. Llevó a su hija al médico porque le dolía la garganta.

                 Preterite                        Imperfect

Track 1   1. Tomó                         2. Estaba

Track 2   3.Lastimé                     4. Jugaba

Track 3                                        5. Tenía /6. Estudiaba

Track 4   7.Llegó                         8. Estábamos

Track 5   9.Dolió /10. Sacó    

Track 6   11. Fui / 12. Recetó

Track 7                                         13. Dolían /14. Era

Track 8  15. Llevó                        16. Dolía

                       

Explanation:

In this activity we have to listen to each statement and identify the verbs in Preterite and Imperfect tense, and put them in the appropriate column.

In Spanish, the Preterite tense is used to describe actions completed at a point in the past, things that have a beginning and an end, things that happened on specific days or dates, at specific times or during specific time periods. Regular verbs in preterite tense have 2 different conjugations. One for -ar verbs, and one for -er -ir verbs. We simply have to remove the infinitive ending and change it for the following:

Subject                         -ar Verbs             -er -ir Verbs

yo                                      -é                        -í

tú                                   -aste                     -iste

él, ella, usted                      -ó                       -ió

nosotros                           -amos                     -imos

vosotros                           -asteis                     -isteis

ellos, ellas,  ustedes    -aron                     -ieron

*The verbs ser (to be) and ir (to go) have Irregular conjugations

Subject                 Ser (to be) Ir (to go)

yo                                fui                     fui

tú                             fuiste               fuiste

él, ella, usted                fue                   fue

nosotros                     fuimos             fuimos

vosotros                    fuisteis             fuisteis

ellos, ellas, ustedes  fueron             fueron

The Imperfect tense is used to describe past habitual actions, or to talk about what someone was doing when something else happened.

There are two sets of endings for regular imperfect verbs in Spanish, one for -ar verbs and one for -er and -ir verbs.

Subject                          -ar Verbs -er and -ir Verbs

yo                                     -aba                   -ía

tú                                    -abas                  -ías

él, ella, usted                     -aba                   -ía

nosotros                         -ábamos                -íamos

vosotros                            -abais                  -íais

ellos, ellas, ustedes          -aban                  -ían

*The verbs ser (to be) and ir (to go) have Irregular conjugations:

Subject                    Ir (to go) Ser (to be)

yo                                 iba                  era

tú                               ibas               eras

él, ella, usted                 iba                  era

nosotros                      íbamos          éramos

vosotros                        ibais              erais

ellos, ellas, ustedes     iban               eran