In this exercise, we need to answer the following questions.

1. What day it was? (December 31st)

Era el 31 de Diciembre.
*(It was December 31st)*.

2. Was it the eve of the new year? (yes)

Sí, era la víspera del Año Nuevo.
*(Yes, it was New Year’s Eve)*.

3. What was the weather like? (cold)

Hacía frío.
*(It was cold)*.

4. Where were there a lot of people? (in the street)

Había mucha gente en la called.
*(There were lots of people in the street)*.

5. How was everyone? (happy)

Todos estaban contentos.
*(Everyone was happy).*

6. What were they doing? (dance, sing)

Ellos bailaban y cantaban.
*(They danced and sang).*

7. What were they celebrating? (The New Year’s Eve)

Celebraban la llegada del Año Nuevo.
*(They celebrated the New Year’s Eve).*

In this exercise, we need to write a sentence in the past that describes each of the following.

1. date

Él fue a la entrevista el miércoles de la semana pasada.
*(He went to the interview on Wednesday of last week)*.

2. time

No le dieron mucho tiempo para terminar el examen.
*(They didn’t give him much time to finish the exam)*.

3. weather

No hacía buen tiempo el día de ayer.
*(The weather was not good yesterday).*

4. location

La fiesta fue en la casa de Marcos.
*(The party was at Marcos’s house)*.

5. appearance of someone

Andrea se veía muy alta con los tacones que tenía puestos.
*(Andrea looked very tall in the heels she was wearing)*

6. attitude

Él siempre estaba molesto cuando llegaba al trabajo.
*(He was always upset when he got to work)*.

7. age

Daniela visitó París cuando cumplió 16 años.
*(Daniela visited Paris when she turned 16 years old)*.

8. emotional state of a person

No pudo controlar sus emociones cuando le dijeron que había sido aceptada en la Universidad.
*(She couldn’t control her emotions when they told her that she had been accepted into the University)*.

In this exercise, we need to write a description of a person or a place. Use the imperfect when appropriate.

Let’s describe a person

Felipe is tall, intelligent, kind and very athletic boy. He used to have black hair but now he has brown hair. He likes to play tennis and soccer with his friends from school. When he was a child he liked to play the piano but now he prefers to play the guitar. His dream is to study Engineering at the best university.

Felipe es un chico alto, inteligente, amable y muy atlético. Antes tenía el cabello negro pero ahora lo tiene marrón. Le gusta jugar tenis y fútbol con sus amigos de la escuela. Cuando era niño le gustaba tocar el piano pero ahora prefiere tocar la guitarra. Su sueño es estudiar Ingeniería en la mejor universidad del país.