¿Cómo podemos distinguir entre los usos del tiempo imperfecto y el pretérito?

I would start my giving a brief definition of the two tenses and their uses, i.e. the imperfect tense is used for an action that has occurred more than once in the past, on a regular basis or simply a number of time, whereas, the preterite tense is used to describe an action that has definitively started and finished. Secondly, I would give examples of the two tenses as grammar can sometimes seem complicated in a foreign language. Then I would give some further explanation of verbs and phrases that specifically require or precede the two tenses. Below I have put a model answer as a brief example. Usamos el tiempo imperfecto cuando hablamos de una acción o un evento que ha occurido en el pasado más de una vez o en una manera continua. También este tiempo puede ser utilizado cuando describe una acción frecuente o como parte de una rutina. Por ejemplo, el año pasado cada lunes trabajaba en la biblioteca.El tiempo pretérito es utilizado cuando describemos una acción en el pasado que tiene un comienzo y un fin definido. También lo usamos con los verbos como nacer y morir porque son verbos con un comienzo/fin definitivo.

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