1 El Imperfecto Interrupted Actions

2 Remember:  You use the imperfect to talk about what you used to do habitually, or repeatedly.  You also use it to describe in the past.

3 You also use the imperfect to tell what was happening when something else occurred. Yo hablaba por teléfono cuando mi padre llegó. Nosotros íbamos a SLO cuando empezó llover.

4  1st Part = Imperfect = something was happening  2 nd Part = Preterite = something suddenly occurs that interrupts what was happening

5  Yo cocinaba la cena cuando mi hermano me llamó.  Yo caminaba a la escuela cuando llamaste.

6 I was speaking with my friends when my teacher arrived to the class. Yo hablaba con mis amigos cuando mi maestro llegó a la clase.

7 Práctica 1) When I was going to school yesterday I saw a turtle! 2) We were walking to the beach when a man shouted “hello”! 4) Vanessa was singing when class started. 5) Mr. Flynn was speaking when the phone rang (sonar).

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