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The Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation

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1 The Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation
Realidades 2

2 Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation
The imperfect tense is also used: To describe people, places, and situations in the past La casa de mis abuelos era enorme. Tenía cinco dormitorios.

3 Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation
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.

4 Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation
To describe the situation or background information when something else happened or interrupted the ongoing action.

5 Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation
In these cases, the imperfect tense is used to tell what someone was doing when something happened (preterite.)

6 Imperfect Tense: Describing a Situation
Todos mis parientes bailaban cuando llegamos. All my relatives were dancing when we arrived.


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