Camino al español A Comprehensive Course in Spanish

This unit introduces students to the first of the past tenses (imperfect), with the forms of the regular and three irregular verbs and guidance as to the use of the tense. The latter will enable students to describe people and places in the past, talk about they used to do and compare the past and the present. This usage is supported by relevant time phrases and the verb acostumbrar (a), which can be used to describe habitual actions in the past where the imperfect would be appropriate. An introductory explanation and exercises on the very common Spanish impersonal se construction helps students to form passive and impersonal sentences. More on this is to be found in Unit 19.