Imperfect Tense

Question 1

[-AR Verbs]

Answer 1

(drop -ar, add)
yo -aba
tú -abas
él, ella, usted -aba
nosotros -ábamos
ellos, ellas, ustedes -aban

Question 2

[-ER & -IR Verbs]

Answer 2

(drop -er, -ir, add)
yo -ía
tú -ías
él, ella, usted -ía
nosotros -íamos
ellos, ellas, ustedes -ían

Question 3

There are only three verbs with irregular conjugations in Imperfect Tense

Answer 3

ir, ser and ver

Question 4

“ir” imperfect conjugation

Answer 4

yo iba
tú ibas
él, ella, usted iba
nosotros íbamos
ellos, ellas, ustedes iban

Question 5

“ser” imperfect conjugation

Answer 5

yo era
tú eras
él, ella, usted era
nosotros éramos
ellos, ellas, ustedes eran

Question 6

“ver” imperfect conjugation

Answer 6

yo veía
tú veías
él, ella, usted veía
nosotros veíamos
ellos, ellas, ustedes veían

Question 7

Imperfect Tense (which is a type of past tense) is used to…

Answer 7

(mainly narrate past actions, without referring to the specific time when an action took place or when the beginning or end of the action occured)

• describe continuing, ongoing actions in the past
• describe people of states of indefinite duration in the past
• to express the “would + verb/used to + verb” structure when referring to actions that took place repeatedly or customarily in the past.
• express age in the past
• describe the background or circumstances of an action
• indicate time of day in the past
• indicate a past mental state, mental action or a state of indefinite duration with verbs such as sentir, creer, conocer, pensar, querer and saber. Mental states are considered ongoing conditions
• “ing” in the past (as in “she was working and I was resting”)