Respuesta :
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:
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
