In this task, you were supposed to write sentences with the information given, by using „pretérito imperfecto“ (imperfect past tense) of the verbs ser (“to be“) and haber (“to have“)

1. There was (“Había“) a large house and there were (“eran“) four bedrooms and three bathrooms.

She had (“Había“) two dogs and they were (“eran“) naughty and playful.

Her mother was (“era“) a good cook and she had (“había“) delicious desserts.

She had (“Había“) naughty brothers and there were (“eran“) always toys on the floor.

1. Había una casa grande y eran cuatro habitaciones y tres baños.
2. Había dos perros y eran traviesos y juguetones.
3. Su mamá era una buena cocinera y siempre habían postres deliciosos.
4. Hermanos eran traviesos y siempre habían juguetes en el piso.

In this exercise we will practice the imperfect of the verb *haber* and *ser*, and the opposites of the underlined words. For this, we must fill in the blanks describing the past.

1. This sentence reads: *Now there is **color television**, but before ______.*

This sentence talks about *televisión a colores* (color television), which is the underlined word. The verb *haber* is used, so we have to use its imperfect to form the answer and express that unlike now, before there was black and white television.

|Spanish |English |
|–|–|
|… había televisión en blanco y negro. | … there was black and white television.|

2. This sentence reads: *Now there are **few** births, but before _______.*

In this case the underlined word is *pocos* (few), whose opposite is *muchos* (many). In addition, the verb *haber* is used, so we must use its imperfect to form the answer.

| Spanish| English|
|–|–|
|… había muchos. |… there were many.|

3. This sentence reads: *Now I am **patient**, but before _______.*

Here the underlined word is *paciente* (patient), the opposite of which is clearly *impaciente* (impatient). Unlike the previous sentences, this one uses the verb *ser*, so we must use its imperfect to describe how the person used to be.

|Spanish |English |
|–|–|
|… era impaciente. | … I was impatient.|

4. This sentence reads: *Now there are many **spoiled** children, but before ______.*

Here again we must use the imperfect of the verb *haber*. However, in this sentence we should note that the underlined word is *consentido* (consented), which may not have a clear opposite.

In this case, we must think about the situation in general: if now there are many spoiled children, what could there be before to make the situation the opposite? Stricter parents.

| Spanish | English|
|–|–|
| … había padres más estrictos.|… there were stricter parents. |

1) quisieron 2) supo 3) quise 4) estuvieron 5) nos pusimos 6) quisimos 7) se puso

1) caíste 2) caí 3) oí 4) leí 5) cayeron 6) creyó 7) caí 8) creyó 9) construimos