¿Qué hicieron durante sus fines de semana?

• Yo jugué el frisbee con mis amigos.

• Yo estudié mucho.

¿Qué hacían durante los fines de semana cuando eran niños?• Yo jugaba mucho con mi amigo Luke.

• Yo practicaba el béisbol.

• Yo no jugaba con muñecas.

• ¿Qué hicieron durante sus fines de semana?

• ¿Qué hacían durante los fines de semana cuando eran niños?

Hay dos formas del _PASADO_ [ PAST TENSE ] en español.

El PRETERITO y el IMPERFECTO.

The PRETERITE

describes EVENTS, things that HAPPENED at a _SPECIFIC time.

(things that would go on a timeline)

Woke up

Got dressed

The PRETERITE Looks like this:

Ayer, yo fui al supermercado y compré unas manzanas y pan. Entoncies, yo fui a casa y hice mi tarea para la clase de inglés, y entonces yo comí la cena, miré el televisor, y me acosté.

The PRETERITE Translates to the “normal” past

tense

I went to the store. I bought some apples and bread. I went home and I did my homework.

The IMPERFECT

describes _BACKGROUND_info, things that someone often did

or USED to do or something that was HAPPENING in the past

The IMPERFECTTranslates differentely in the past

Either “was ______ing” or

“used to ________” or “would ______”

The IMPERFECTTranslates differentely in the past

Either “was ______ing” or

“used to ________” or “would ______”

I used to go / was going/ would go to the storeI used to buy/ was buying / would buy apples. I used to go / was going /.would go home and I used to do/ was doing/ would domy homework.

Cuando era una joven yo…

When I was younger I…