Mi tiempo en la escuela
My time at school
- Aprende sobre el sistema educativo del país. (Learn about the country's education system.)
- Habla sobre tu época en la escuela y recuerdos de la infancia. (Talk about your time at school and childhood memories.)
- ¿El pretérito imperfecto o el pretérito indefinido? (The imperfect tense or the preterite tense?)
Vocabulary (15) Share Copied!
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These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Conversation exercise
Instruction:
- Describe el camino educativo de Eva. (Describe the education path of Eva.)
- Habla sobre tu tiempo en la escuela y tu infancia. ¿Dónde fuiste al colegio? (Talk about your time at school and childhood. Where did you go to school?)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Durante los primeros años Eva estuvo en la escuela primaria. For the first years Eva was in primary school. |
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Luego, ella estaba en la escuela secundaria. Siempre fue una estudiante trabajadora con buenas calificaciones. Then she was in secondary school. She always was a hard-working student with good grades. |
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Terminó el instituto cuando tenía 18 años. She finished high school when she was 18 years old. |
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Terminé el instituto cuando tenía 18 años. I finished high school when I was 18 years old. |
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Fui a la universidad y estudié derecho. I went to university and studied law. |
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Ahora trabajo en un colegio y enseño. Now I work in a school and teach. |
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Exercise 2: Reorder sentences
Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.
Exercise 3: Translate and use in a sentence
Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.
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Echar de menos
Missing
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Inscribirse
To enroll
3
La infancia
Childhood
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Acordarse
To remember
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Sacar buenas notas
To get good grades
Exercise 4: Verb conjugation
Instruction: Choose the correct verb and tense.
suspendimos, venía, venías, veníais, veníamos, suspendisteis, aprobaban, suspendiste
Exercise 5: ¿El pretérito imperfecto o el pretérito indefinido?
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: The imperfect tense or the preterite tense?
Show translation Show answersencontré, suspendimos, explicaba, organizó, enseñabas, venía, aprobé, escribían, venían, tenía
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A2.12.1 Gramática
¿El pretérito imperfecto o el pretérito indefinido?
The imperfect tense or the preterite tense?
Verb conjugation tables for this lesson Share Copied!
Venir to come Share Copied!
Pretérito imperfecto
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| yo venía | I was coming |
| tú venías | you were coming |
| él/ella venía | he/she was coming |
| nosotros/nosotras veníamos | we were coming |
| vosotros/vosotras veníais | you were coming |
| ellos/ellas venían | they came |
Aprobar to pass Share Copied!
Pretérito imperfecto
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| yo aprobaba | I was passing |
| tú aprobabas | you passed |
| él/ella aprobaba | he/she was passing |
| nosotros/nosotras aprobábamos | we passed |
| vosotros/vosotras aprobabais | You/you passed |
| ellos/ellas aprobaban | they were passing |
Suspender to fail Share Copied!
Pretérito indefinido
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| yo suspendí | I failed |
| tú suspendiste | you failed |
| él/ella suspendió | he/she failed |
| nosotros/nosotras suspendimos | we failed |
| vosotros/vosotras suspendisteis | You failed |
| ellos/ellas suspendieron | They failed |
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