G A M E Past Tense Practice - Preterite & Imperfect
For those of you who found our last Preterite vs Imperfect game a little too advanced I thought I'd get a new one going and keep it a bit simpler.
Here's a helpful link Pret vs Imp
and some tips: (caveat emptor: bear in mind there are always exceptions and these are just basic guidelines to get you started - nothing replaces listening and reading as the best way to learn when and where to use these tenses!
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Preterite:
Specific time/duration.
Stressing the beginning/end of an action.
Narrating a sequence of completed actions/events.
Describing sudden changes in physical states or emotions.
Narrating an action that interrupts another ongoing action.
Imperfect:
Physical states (not changes).
Describing intrinsic characteristics of places, things and conditions in the past.
For ongoing actions (not completed).
Recurring and habitual actions.
Background/Setting the Scene
The weather or time in the past when other event occurred.
How to play:
Translate the given sentence into Spanish using the correct preterite or imperfect verb forms.
Post one new fairly simple sentence in English that includes at least one verb in the past.
If it runs like a story that's great fun but if not, no worries.
The thread should look like this:
GIven:
Translated:
New Sentence:
I'll start us off:
New Sentence: Who broke the cup?
114 Answers
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Given: It was very dirty , I cleaned the window and looked inside
Translation. Estuvo muy sucio, limpié la ventana y miré al dentro.
New Sentence. I saw two puppies who were sleeping on a blanket.
Already answered despite having partially posted my answer first 
Given: I saw two puppies who were sleeping on a blanket.
Translated: ví dos perritos quienes se estaba durmiendo sobre la manta.
New: It was 15th March when they got married.
Given: Yesterday we did our reports in our Spanish class in English.
Translation. Ayer hicimos nuestros informes en la clase de español en inglés.
New Sentence. When I got home from work last night I saw a car in my driveway.
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Deleted already answered while writing
Given: The man was kind to the children.
Translated: El hombre era amable a los niños.
Reason: Being kind is a specialty of a character.
New sentence: Last night I dreamt that I was a singer.
Given:while you went shopping ,did you see my sister?
translated:mientras iba de compras, ¿has visto a mi hermana?
new sentence:yesterday i bought a new video game at the store .
