Preterite vs. Imperfect Tense in Spanish
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Objective
I can create a sentence in the preterite tense to describe a completed past event.
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Practice
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What is the main difference between the preterite and imperfect tenses in Spanish? Provide an example of each.
Write a sentence in the preterite tense describing a completed action you did yesterday.
Part 3 of 3
Exit ticket
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“Write a sentence in the preterite tense describing a completed action you did last weekend. Write a sentence in the preterite tense describing a completed action that happened during your last vacation. ”
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