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EscribirFill in the blanks Activity InstructionsForma oraciones completas. Usa el imperfecto o el pretérito según sea apropiado (as is appropriate). Haz todos los cambios necesarios. June 06 11:59 PM unlimited attempts remaining Grade settings External references322-325 Grammar presentation Questions Modelo luna (moon) / estar / llena La luna estaba llena. Note from Profe. de la Peña What do we use to talk about time in the past? Check textbook, notes and PowerPointPresentation before writing your answer. Play ser / ocho y media / noche Note from Profe. de la Peña Uses of preterite and imperfect in same sentence. Imperfect describes an action in progress; the preterite interrupts it, in this case, after cuando. For the purpose of this course, whenever you have a sentence like this one, use preterite after cuando regardless if cuando is at the beginnign or the middle of a sentence. Play Eva / leer en el sofá / cuando / el teléfono / sonar (ring) Note from Profe. de la Peña The action happened only once. It's not a repeated past action. Careful with "levantarse". Where should you place the pronoun once the verb is conjugated? Play (ella) levantarse / y contestar / el teléfono Note from Profe. de la Peña Action happened only once. Play (ella) oír / la voz / de su mejor amiga Note from Profe. de la Peña In this case, you are providing background information. What do we use when describing in the past? Play la amiga / estar / en el bar de la esquina (corner) / y querer hablarle

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Forma oraciones completas. Usa el imperfecto o el pretérito según sea apropiado. Haz todos los cambios necesarios.

Form complete sentences. Use the imperfect or the preterite  tense as appropriate. Make all the necessary changes.

ser / ocho y media / noche

Answer: Eran las ocho y media de la noche.  (imperfect)

It was half past eight in the evening.

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Eva / leer en el sofá / cuando / el teléfono / sonar (ring)

Answer: Eva estaba leyendo en el sofá cuando sonó el teléfono.  (imperfect, preterite)

Eva was reading on the couch when the phone rang.

Explanation: In this case the phone interrupted the action of reading what was happening. So the verb that interrupted the action must be conjugated in the preterite (sonó) and the one that was happening must be conjugated in the imperfect (estaba leyendo).

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(ella) levantarse / y contestar / el teléfono  

Answer: Ella se levantó y contestó el teléfono.  (preterite, preterite)

She got up and answered the phone.

Explanation: In this case the actions happened only once, so we use the preterite, in addition, since the verb is conjugated the pronoun is placed before the verb (se levantó).

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(ella) oír / la voz / de su mejor amiga  

Answer: Ella oyó la voz de su mejor amiga. (preterite)

She heard the voice of her best friend.

Explanation: the action happened only once, so we must use the preterite.

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la amiga / estar / en el bar de la esquina (corner) / y querer hablarle

Answer: La amiga estaba en el bar de la esquina y quería hablarle.  (imperfect, imperfect)

The friend was at the bar on the corner and she wanted to talk to her.

Explanation: In this case we are providing background information, so we use the imperfect.

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