Answer:
1) ¿Hablas por teléfono? No, pero antes hablaba.
2) ¿Fue a la playa Susana? No, pero antes iba.
3) ¿Come carne Benito? No, pero antes comía.
4) ¿Te trajo muchos regalos tu novio? No, pero antes me traía.
5) ¿Conduce tu mamá? No, pero antes conducía.
Explanation:
1) Do you speak on the phone? No, but before I spoke.
2) Did Susana go to the beach? No, but before she went.
3) Do Benito eat meat? No, but before he ate.
4) Did your boyfriend bring many gifts? No, but before he brought me.
5) Does your mom drive? No, but before she drove.
The imperfect past tense (sometimes called a co-past in Latin America) is a frequent tense in Romance languages. Describe an action or state in the past whose time limits are not relevant, that is, a grammatical tense of the past with an imperfect grammatical aspect.
