Imperfect tense Practice exercises
The imperfect is a past tense which:
It is formed by taking the infinitive of the verb, removing the -ar,-er or -ir and then adding the following endings:
| Example of AR verb | Example of ER/IR verb | ||
| hablaba | I was speaking | bebía | I was drinking |
| hablabas | you were speaking | bebías | you were drinking |
| hablaba | he/she/it was speaking | bebía | he/she/it was drinking |
| hablábamos | we were speaking | bebíamos | we were drinking |
| hablabais | you (all) were speaking | bebíais | you (all) were drinking |
| hablaban | they were speaking | bebían | they were drinking |
There are three verbs which are irregular in the imperfect:
| ir - to go | ser - to be | ver - to see |
| iba | era | veía |
| ibas | eras | veías |
| iba | era | veía |
| íbamos | éramos | veíamos |
| ibais | erais | veíais |
| iban | eran | veían |