Infancia y recuerdos
Learning goals:
- Situation: Hablar sobre el pasado lejano y describir recuerdos (Talk about distant past and describe memories)
- Situation: Habla sobre tu infancia (Talk about your childhood)
- Situation: Pretérito imperfecto (Pretérito imperfecto)
- Verb: Ser (to be) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
- Verb: Vivir (to live) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
- Verb: Trabajar (to work) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
- Verb: Decir (to say) - Condicional simple, indicativo (Simple conditional, indicative)
- Verb: Pedir (to ask) - Condicional simple, indicativo (Simple conditional, indicative)
- Verb: Ver (to see) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
- Verb: Ir (to go) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
- Verb: Comer (to eat) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
- Grammar: El Pretérito Imperfecto (The Imperfect Past Tense)
- Culture: "Chicos en la playa": el retrato de la juventud, la inocencia y el pasado ("Kids on the Beach": the Portrait of Youth, Innocence, and the Past)
Learning module 3 (A2): El buen pasado (The good old past)
Teaching guidelines +/- 60 minutes
Verb conjugation tables
Ser (to be) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
Exercises and examples phrases
- yo era I was
- tú eras you were
- él/ella era he was
- nosotros/nosotras éramos we were
- vosotros/vosotras erais you were
- ellos/ellas eran they were
Vivir (to live) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
Exercises and examples phrases
- yo vivía I lived
- tú vivías You lived
- él/ella vivía he lived
- nosotros/nosotras vivíamos We lived
- vosotros/vosotras vivíais You all lived
- ellos/ellas vivían They lived
Trabajar (to work) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
Exercises and examples phrases
- yo trabajaba I was working
- tú trabajabas You worked
- él/ella trabajaba He worked
- nosotros/nosotras trabajábamos We worked
- vosotros/vosotras trabajabais You all were working
- ellos/ellas trabajaban They worked
Decir (to say) - Condicional simple, indicativo (Simple conditional, indicative)
Exercises and examples phrases
- yo diría I would say
- tú dirías You would say
- él/ella diría He would say
- nosotros/nosotras diríamos We would say
- vosotros/vosotras diríais you all would say
- ellos/ellas dirían They would say
Pedir (to ask) - Condicional simple, indicativo (Simple conditional, indicative)
Exercises and examples phrases
- yo pediría I would ask
- tú pedirías You would ask
- él/ella pediría he would ask
- nosotros/nosotras pediríamos We would ask
- vosotros/vosotras pediríais you would ask
- ellos/ellas pedirían They would ask
Ver (to see) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
Exercises and examples phrases
- yo veía I used to see
- tú veías You saw
- él/ella veía he saw
- nosotros/nosotras veíamos we saw
- vosotros/vosotras veíais you (plural) used to see
- ellos/ellas veían They saw
Ir (to go) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
Exercises and examples phrases
- yo iba I was going
- tú ibas You were going
- él/ella iba he was going
- nosotros/nosotras íbamos we were going
- vosotros/vosotras ibais you all were going
- ellos/ellas iban They were going
Comer (to eat) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)
Exercises and examples phrases
- yo comía I was eating
- tú comías you ate
- él/ella comía he was eating
- nosotros/nosotras comíamos we used to eat
- vosotros/vosotras comíais You ate
- ellos/ellas comían They were eating
Exercise: Verb conjugation
Instruction: Choose the correct word, read the sentence out loud and translate.
Show answers Show translationVer (Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo), Vivir (Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo), Trabajar (Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo), Pedir (Condicional simple, indicativo), Ir (Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo), Comer (Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo), Decir (Condicional simple, indicativo), Ser (Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo)
1. Él ... la cascada mientras respiraba aire fresco.
2. Él ... y ahorraba para viajar el mundo.
3. Yo ... que es mejor hacer una reserva en la agencia de viajes.
4. Él ... que el evento tiene anuncios interesantes.
5. Él ... al bosque a caminar.
6. Yo ... la vaca desde la colina.
7. Ellos ... en una casa cerca del bosque.
8. Ellos ... recomendaciones para viajar este año.
9. Tú ... el río cuando caminabas por la naturaleza.
10. Tú ... a la granja a ver las vacas.