Regular ER Verbs in the Imperfect
Spanish: AQA GCSE (2025 Exam), topic 3.7.1
Regular ER Verbs in the Imperfect Tense
The imperfect can mean 'I was' or 'I used to do something'. To form the imperfect with ER verbs, you take off the 'er' and add the imperfect endings. Here is the example with 'beber':
Bebía - I was drinking, used to drink
Bebías - you were drinking, used to drink
Bebía - he was drinking, used to drink
Bebíamos - we were drinking, used to drink
Bebíais - you were drinking, used to drink
Bebían - they were drinking, used to drink
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