Questions about the Preterite vs Imperfect poster

What’s on the Preterite vs Imperfect poster?

Pretérito — completed against Imperfecto — ongoing, side by side. Pretérito — completed: A finished action with a clear end; Pretérito — completed: Ayer comí paella; Pretérito — completed: A sequence of events in a story; Pretérito — completed: Specific number of times; Pretérito — completed: hablé · comí · viví; Imperfecto — ongoing: Background, description, habit; Imperfecto — ongoing: Cuando era niño, comía paella; Imperfecto — ongoing: What was happening when something else occurred; Imperfecto — ongoing: Age, time, weather, feelings; Imperfecto — ongoing: hablaba · comía · vivía; In one sentence: Mientras estudiaba (imperfect background), sonó el teléfono (preteri…. Only three verbs are irregular in the imperfect: ir, ser and ver. Everything else is completely regular.

Who is the Preterite vs Imperfect poster for?

Preterite vs Imperfect belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning spanish can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Preterite vs Imperfect poster?

Ask whether it was a completed event or a background state. That answers it almost every time. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Preterite vs Imperfect belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Preterite vs Imperfect?

Spanish Accents, Adjective Agreement and Commands sit alongside Preterite vs Imperfect in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Spanish AccentsAdjective AgreementCommands

Is the Preterite vs Imperfect poster free to download and print?

Yes. Preterite vs Imperfect downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Preterite vs Imperfect poster print at?

Preterite vs Imperfect is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Preterite vs Imperfect loses nothing.Printing guide