Eleventh graders learn the imperfect past tense — hablaba, comía, era — used for what you USED to do, ongoing actions, and descriptions in the past, the second key past tense alongside the preterite.
Students will be able to…
There’s a second past tense in Spanish — the imperfect — for what you USED to do and how things WERE. How does it work?
Project this and match each imperfect verb to its English meaning — tap the Spanish, then tap the English.
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There’s a second past tense — the imperfect — for what you USED to do. How?
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate).
Interpretive: understand the imperfect.
Interpersonal: describe the past.
Compare past tenses.
Connect to memory and time.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students describe what they used to do as a child using the imperfect. A printable imperfect sheet is in the World Languages library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.