KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
Entrevista con Arturo Pérez Reverte: use imperfect and preterite together
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Your learning goal
I can use knowledge of the imperfect and preterite to respond to reading comprehension questions in the context of the work of Arturo Pérez Reverte.
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Entrevista con Arturo Pérez Reverte: use imperfect and preterite together: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
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I can use knowledge of the imperfect and preterite to respond to reading comprehension questions in the context of the work of Arturo Pérez Reverte.
Key learning points
- The 1st, 2nd and 3rd person plural imperfect endings of regular -er and -ir verbs are -íamos, -íais and -ían.
- The 1st, 2nd and 3rd person plural imperfect forms of ‘ver’ are ‘veíamos’, ‘veíais’ and ‘veían’.
- The 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular imperfect endings of regular -ar verbs are -aba, -abas and -aba.
- The 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular imperfect endings of regular -er and -ir verbs are -ía, -ías, and -ía.
- Regular preterite tense endings are: -é, -aste, -ó for -ar verbs; and -í, -iste, -ió for -er and -ir verbs.
Words to know
- imperfect
- verb tense used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly
- preterite
- verb tense used to talk about something completed in the past
Common mistakes
When answering reading comprehension questions, you should translate as much of the text as possible in the hope of including the correct answer.
You should make sure that your answers to reading comprehension questions are specific by locating relevant vocabulary in the text before responding.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Learning Cycle 1 is aimed at Higher Tier students. Starter and Exit Quiz Qs 2 and Exit Quiz Q3 are also aimed at Higher Tier students. You may wish to provide your class with the worksheet for Task C1 if you would like them to answer the questions in one go as it includes the full interview text.