Spanish, Year 9 and GCSE - Imperfect Tense and Imperfect and Preterite Together. 5 Resources.

5 resources, teaching the endings for Regular Imperfect Verbs, providing exercises for practice and consolidation. Also resources to help pupils learn when to use Imperfect and when to use Preterite.

(1) Imperfect endings explanation sheet - explains when to use the Imperfect, gives regular endings and some regular infinitives, to then change into imperfect, for different persons.

(2) Imperfect sentence making - verbs to match to endings that make sense. Then to extend sentences with details and opinions.
Second part of sheet has a range of imperfect verbs and some future ones, for pupils to make the best paragraph they can, using all of this language.

(3) Imperfect and preterite recognition - seeing verbs and being able to say if they are in the preterite or imperfect. Good revision of rules and endings.
Followed by sentences, using both past tenses, which pupils need to translate into English.

(4) Imperfect sentence maker - key verbs and possible endings given at top of sheet, as a support for weaker pupils.
Followed by sentences in English, which pupils must translate into Spanish, using the vocab at the top and also other vocab already covered (or can use textbook / dictionary).

(5) Imperfect and preterite sorting activity - 10 short sentences in font 48, all about a trip to London. In pairs, pupils can put into Preterite and Imperfect columns. They could then translate or adapt details. Practise changing the past tense etc.