1. In addition to saying what someone used to do, the imperfect tense is used: to describe people, places, and situations in the past La casa de mis abuelos era enorme. Tenía cinco dormitorios. The imperfect tense: describing a situation

2. to talk about a past action or situation when no beginning or end is specified Había mucha gente en la casa para el aniversario de mis abuelos. The imperfect tense: describing a situation

3. to describe the situation or background information when something else happened or interrupted the ongoing action. In these cases, the imperfect tense is used to tell what someone was doing when something happened (preterite). Todos mis parientes bailaban cuando llegamos. All my relatives were dancing when we arrived. The imperfect tense: describing a situation

5. Sometimes the reflexive pronouns se and nos are used to express the idea “(to) each other.” These are called reciprocal actions. Reciprocal actions

6. Los novios se abrazaban y se besaban. The bride and groom were hugging each other and kissing each other. Por lo general nos saludábamos con un abrazo. También nos dábamos la mano. We usually greeted each other with a hug. We also would shake hands. Reciprocal actions