Welcome to Day 1 of the Perfect Past Tenses 30-Day Spanish Story Challenge.
Let's dive straight in and start learning some Spanish!
Start by listening to and reading today's chapter of our Spanish story.
Pay special attention to any past tense verbs you come across and see if you can tell which of the 4 Spanish past tenses are used and why. Alba will explain more in today's video lesson.
Next, watch today's short video lesson, where Alba teaches you the Spanish past tense from the story.
Finally, let's test your knowledge of the Spanish past tenses. These short quizzes will appear at the end of every lesson in our 30-Day challenge and will help you to master verb conjugations in the past tense and their usage.
Either take the quiz just below, where you'll get automatic responses. Or scroll down to the text-only quiz then check the answers that follow. (The second form of the quiz may show up better on your mobile screen.)
The two quizzes are exactly the same.
Don't worry if you don't get them all correct right away. Just keep working at it and re-reading the story, and you'll notice a significant improvement in your past tense verbs as the challenge goes on.
We'll see you tomorrow for Día 2!
1) Choose the correct form of the verb LLEGAR to complete the sentence “Ayer ______ a la isla”:
a. Llegamos
b. Llegimos
c. Lleguamos
d. Llegábamos
2) Which of these forms is the odd one out?
a. Fue
b. Pasé
c. Llegamos
d. Jugábamos
3) Which form would you use in the following sentence if you wanted to put a beginning and an end to the action in the past: Mi abuelo siempre ____ [SER] un buen hombre.
a. Era (pretérito imperfecto)
b. Ha sido (pretérito perfecto compuesto)
c. Fue (pretérito perfecto simple)
d. Había sido (pretérito pluscuamperfecto)
4) Which form would you use in the following sentence if you wanted to connect the action to the present: Mi abuelo siempre ____ [SER] un buen hombre.
a. Era (pretérito imperfecto)
b. Ha sido (pretérito perfecto compuesto)
c. Fue (pretérito perfecto simple)
d. Había sido (pretérito pluscuamperfecto)
5) Compare these two sentences: A) Mi abuelo siempre fue un buen hombre; and B) Mi abuelo siempre ha sido un buen hombre. Why are they different?
a. A) happens in the past whereas B) happens in the present.
b. In A) we focus on the complete event in the past whereas in B) we focus on the result linked to the present.
c. A) is not correct because you cannot use "siempre" with preterito perfecto simple (fue).
d. a and b are both correct.
Check your answers!
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