In this exercise, we need to choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence.
The sentence reads:
*”When I (was /was) a girl, I (liked/liked) art a lot.”*

We use the preterite tense when we are talking about the events and actions that happened only once and were completed in the past.
We use the imperfect form when we are talking about ongoing events in the past, habitual and actions that happened more than once. Also the imperfect is used when we are describing background information, emotions, age, date, weather, etc.

The first verb we will choose is *”era”* because we have *niña* (girl) indicating the age of the subject and as we know that the imperfect is used.
The second verb *”gustaba”* we will also choose because it is in the imperfect tense and we use the imperfect when giving background information.

era; gustaba

In this exercise, we need to choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence.
The sentence reads:
*”I always (took/took) art class and (drew/drew) in my spare time.”*

We use the preterite tense when we are talking about the events and actions that happened only once and were completed in the past.
We use the imperfect form when we are talking about ongoing events in the past, habitual and actions that happened more than once. Also the imperfect is used when we are describing background information, emotions, age, date, weather, etc.

The first verb we will choose is *”tomaba”* because we have *siempre* (always) indicating the time and as we know that the imperfect is used.
The second verb *”dibujaba”* we will also choose because it is in the imperfect tense and we use the imperfect when giving background information.

tomaba; dibujaba

In this exercise, we need to choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence.
The sentence reads:
*”Last week, I (started/started) a new painting.”*

We use the preterite tense when we are talking about the events and actions that happened only once and were completed in the past.
We use the imperfect form when we are talking about ongoing events in the past, habitual and actions that happened more than once. Also the imperfect is used when we are describing background information, emotions, age, date, weather, etc.

The verb we will choose is *”empecé”* because we have *la semana pasada* (last week) indicating the exact time in the past when something happened and as we know the preterite is used when talking about what happened.

empecé

In this exercise, we need to choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence.
The sentence reads:
*”First, (painted/ paint) the background with dark colors and then, (include/included) some animal figures.”*

We use the preterite tense when we are talking about the events and actions that happened only once and were completed in the past.
We use the imperfect form when we are talking about ongoing events in the past, habitual and actions that happened more than once. Also the imperfect is used when we are describing background information, emotions, age, date, weather, etc.

The first verb we will choose is *”pinté”* because we have *primero* (first) indicating what happened and as we know the preterite is used for that.
The second verb we will choose *”incluí”* is also in the preterite form because the subject is telling what happened.

pinté; incluí