Preterito vs. Imperfecto Categorize the sentences between preterite and imperfect. In the space provided, write in an “I” if the sentence is imperfect or a “P” if the sentence is in the preterite. Mi mamá y yo íbamos de compras cuando era niña. Lucia compró unos zapatos rosados. Nosotros fuimos a correr el lunes. Maria broke her arm when she was 6. The kids ran one mile after school everyday. Write a sentence in the preterite. Write a sentence in the imperfect.

Mi mamá y yo íbamos de compras cuando era niña. I

Lucia compró unos zapatos rosados. P

Nosotros fuimos a correr el lunes. P

Maria broke her arm when she was 6. P

The kids ran one mile after school everyday. P

Sentence in the preterite tense: Te compré un regalo ayer.

Sentence in the imperfect tense: Yo jugaba fútbol todos los jueves.

Explanation:

In this exercise, you have to answer if the sentences given are in the preterite tense or the imperfect tense in Spanish.

On one hand, you use the Spanish preterite tense ("pretérito perfecto simple" in Spanish) to talk about actions completed at some point in the past.

On the other hand, you use the Spanish imperfect tense ("pretérito imperfecto" in Spanish) to talk about past habitual actions or to talk about what someone was doing but then got interrupted with something else.