In this exercise, we need to choose the meaning of the underlined verb.
The sentence reads:
*”Jorge wanted to be the gallant of the play.”*

Some verbs have different meanings in the imperfect and in the preterite tense.
Those verbs are *saber* (know/found out), *conocer* (know smth or someone/meet for first time), *querer* (wanted to/tried to), *no querer* (didn’t want to/refused to), *poder* (be able to/tried to).

In the sentence, we have “quería”, which is an imperfect form of the verb *querer* (want). Therefore, we will choose “wanted to” which is the meaning of the verb *querer* in the imperfect form.

wanted to

In this exercise, we need to choose the meaning of the underlined verb.
The sentence reads:
*”Lupe wanted to take photos of the show.”*

Some verbs have different meanings in the imperfect and in the preterite tense.
Those verbs are *saber* (know/found out), *conocer* (know smth or someone/meet for first time), *querer* (wanted to/tried to), *no querer* (didn’t want to/refused to), *poder* (be able to/tried to).

In the sentence, we have “quiso”, which is a preterite form of the verb *querer* (trie to). Therefore, we will choose “tried to” which is the meaning of the verb *querer* in the preterite form.

tried to

In this exercise, we need to choose the meaning of the underlined verb.
The sentence reads:
*”I knew the title of the poem.”*

Some verbs have different meanings in the imperfect and in the preterite tense.
Those verbs are *saber* (know/found out), *conocer* (know smth or someone/meet for first time), *querer* (wanted to/tried to), *no querer* (didn’t want to/refused to), *poder* (be able to/tried to).

In the sentence, we have “sabía”, which is an imperfect form of the verb *saber* (know). Therefore, we will choose “knew” which is the meaning of the verb *saber* in the imperfect form.

knew

In this exercise, we need to choose the meaning of the underlined verb.
The sentence reads:
*”My mom found out that our neighbor is an artist.”*

Some verbs have different meanings in the imperfect and in the preterite tense.
Those verbs are *saber* (know/found out), *conocer* (know smth or someone/meet for first time), *querer* (wanted to/tried to), *no querer* (didn’t want to/refused to), *poder* (be able to/tried to).

In the sentence, we have “supo”, which is a preterite form of the verb *saber* (found out). Therefore, we will choose “found out” which is the meaning of the verb *saber* in the preterite form.

found out

In this exercise, we need to choose the meaning of the underlined verb.
The sentence reads:
*”I didn’t want to learn the melody of this boring song.”*

Some verbs have different meanings in the imperfect and in the preterite tense.
Those verbs are *saber* (know/found out), *conocer* (know smth or someone/meet for first time), *querer* (wanted to/tried to), *no querer* (didn’t want to/refused to), *poder* (be able to/tried to).

In the sentence, we have “no quería” (didn’t want to), which is an imperfect form of the verb *querer* (want). Therefore, we will choose “didn’t want to” which is the meaning of the verb *querer* in the imperfect form.

didn’t want to

In this exercise, we need to choose the meaning of the underlined verb.
The sentence reads:
*”I refused to enter the theater.”*

Some verbs have different meanings in the imperfect and in the preterite tense.
Those verbs are *saber* (know/found out), *conocer* (know smth or someone/meet for first time), *querer* (wanted to/tried to), *no querer* (didn’t want to/refused to), *poder* (be able to/tried to).

In the sentence, we have “quise”, which is a preterite form of the verb *querer* (want). Therefore, we will choose “refused to” which is the meaning of the verb *querer* in the preterite form.

refused to

In this exercise, we need to choose the meaning of the underlined verb.
The sentence reads:
*”We succeeded to perform the dance without any problems.”*

Some verbs have different meanings in the imperfect and in the preterite tense.
Those verbs are *saber* (know/found out), *conocer* (know smth or someone/meet for first time), *querer* (wanted to/tried to), *no querer* (didn’t want to/refused to), *poder* (be able to/tried to).

In the sentence, we have “pudimos”, which is a preterite form of the verb *poder* (can). Therefore, we will choose “managed to, succeeded in” which is the meaning of the verb *poder* in the preterite form.

managed to, succeeded in

In this exercise, we need to choose the meaning of the underlined verb.
The sentence reads:
*”We could identify with the protagonist.”*

Some verbs have different meanings in the imperfect and in the preterite tense.
Those verbs are *saber* (know/found out), *conocer* (know smth or someone/meet for first time), *querer* (wanted to/tried to), *no querer* (didn’t want to/refused to), *poder* (be able to/tried to).

In the sentence, we have “podíamos”, which is an imperfect form of the verb *poder* (can). Therefore, we will choose “were able to, could” which is the meaning of the verb *poder* in the imperfect form.

were able to, could