Workshop 10/05/2017

Imperfecto y perfecto simple

Anoche tuvimos éxito	Last night we were successful
Anteayer se produjo un incremento	Day before yesterday it produced an increase
Anoche bajó la demanda	Last night demand fell
El verano pasado asistí a la Feria de Sevilla	Last year I attended The Feria in Seville
El otoño pasado desapareció mi libro	Last autumn it disappeared my book
Mientras aplaudían bajó el telón	While they were clapping the curtain fell
Cada día él lo dudaba	Everyday he used to doubt it
Cada día lo dudé	Every day I doubted it
Siempre tuvo éxito	He was always successful
Todos los días cambiaba	Every day it used to change
Yo siempre tenía éxito	I was always successful
Todos los años aparecía en la prensa	Every year it used to appear in the press
Nunca lo dudó	She never doubted it
Mientras cocía los alimentos asquerosos	While I was boiling the disgusting foodstuffs
Yo hacia la cama cada mañana	I used to make my bed every morning.
Yo iba a Ravello, Italia, cada invierno.	I used to go to Ravello, Italy every winter.
¿Dónde vivían ustedes?	Where did you all (formal) used to live?
Abríais las ventanas en enero.	You all used to open the windows in January.
Invitábamos a todos a nuestras fiestas.	We used to invite everybody to our parties.
Vivíamos en un apartamiento.	We used to live in an apartment.
Mickey Mantle jugaba al beisbol para los Yankees.	Mickey Mantle used to play baseball for the Yankees.
El trabajaba en un banco.	He used to work in the bank.
Leías muchas revistas	You used to read lots of magazines.
Marcos era presidente de nuestro club.	Mark used to be president of the club.
Ellos escribían notas en clase.	They (m) used to write notes in class.
Ellas nos llamaban cada noche.	They (f) used to call us every night.
El nadaba en nuestra piscina.	He used to swim in our pool.
Yo estudiaba con Juan.	I used to study with John.
¿Dónde trabajabas?	Where did you used to work?
Yo tenía muchos amigos en el campamento.	I had lots of friends at camp.
Mis ventanas estaban abiertas pero la puerta estaba cerrada.	The windows were open, but the door was closed.
Mi bolígrafo no funcionaba	My pen didn't work.
Mi padre era granjero.	My father was a farmer.
Jorge era alto y guapo.	George was tall and handsome.
Llevábamos uniformes al colegio.	We wore uniforms to school.
El monstruo tenía dos cabezas.	the monster had two heads.
Susana estaba embarazada.	Susana was pregnant.
María tenía un corderito.	Mary had a little lamb.
El gato era negro y blanco.	The cat was black and white.
Yo estaba avergonzado	I was embarrassed.
¿Dónde estaba el dinero?	Where was the money?
La tienda no tenía la camisa que yo quería.	The store didn't have the shirt that I wanted.
Llevabais sombreros ridículos.	You all were wearing silly hats.
El gato estaba en el ático.	The cat was in the attic.
Nadie escuchaba mientras el político hablaba.	Nobody was listening while the politician was speaking.
Mientras ella explicaba la teoría, todos se iban.	While she was explaining the theory, everybody was leaving.
Vivíamos en una casa de cristal.	We were living in a glass house.
Intentábamos dormir pero el bebe lloraba.	We were trying to sleep, but the baby was crying.
Las ranas saltaban cerca del lago.	The frogs were jumping near the lake.
El andaba y yo corría.	He was walking and I was running.
Pensábamos mucho en it.	We were thinking about you a lot.

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