Regular 'ER' Verbs in the Imperfect
Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 8.3.2
Regular ER Verbs in the Imperfect Tense
The imperfect tense is used to express what was happening, what used to happen or to give a description in the past. There are two different sets of endings to form the imperfect tense: one set for AR verbs and a common set to form the ER and IR verbs imperfect tense. To form the imperfect with ER verbs, you take off the 'er' and add the ‘ER & IR’ imperfect endings. Here is the example with 'beber':
Bebía - I was drinking, used to drink
Bebías - you were drinking, used to drink
Bebía - he/she was drinking, used to drink / you were drinking, used to drink (formal)
Bebíamos - we were drinking, used to drink
Bebíais - you were drinking, used to drink (plural)
Bebían - they were drinking, used to drink / you were drinking, used to drink (formal plural)
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