7 Questions
El preterito también se conoce como el ______ Pasado.
Simple
El preterito se utiliza para describir acciones ______ en el pasado.
completadas
Se forma el pluperfecto con ______ más el participio pasado.
had
El pluperfecto se utiliza para describir una acción que ocurrió ______ otra acción en el pasado.
antes
El imperfecto se utiliza para describir acciones ______ o repetidas en el pasado.
en curso
El perfecto se utiliza para describir una acción que empezó en el pasado y ______ hasta el presente.
continúa
Se forma el perfecto con ______ más el participio pasado.
has
Study Notes
Indicative Past Tenses
Preterite
- Also known as the Simple Past
- Used to describe completed actions in the past
- Formation: verb conjugation in the past tense (e.g., I went, you ate, she wrote)
- Examples:
- I went to the store yesterday.
- They studied for three hours last night.
Pluperfect
- Also known as the Past Perfect
- Used to describe an action that occurred before another action in the past
- Formation: had + past participle (e.g., had gone, had eaten, had written)
- Examples:
- I had eaten lunch before I went to the park.
- They had studied for three hours before they took a break.
Imperfect
- Used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past
- Formation: verb conjugation in the imperfect tense (e.g., I was going, you were eating, she was writing)
- Examples:
- I was studying when you called me.
- They were living in Paris for three years.
Perfect
- Used to describe an action that started in the past and continues up to the present
- Formation: has/had + past participle (e.g., has gone, had eaten, had written)
- Examples:
- I have studied for three hours so far.
- They had lived in Paris for three years before they moved to New York.
Test your knowledge of the Preterite, Pluperfect, Imperfect and Perfect tenses in Spanish. Learn how to form and use these indicative past tenses correctly.
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