Do your students struggle to grasp the difference between the preterite and imperfect tenses? This verb-sorting activity will give them hands-on practice with this often tricky topic! In this activity, your students will sort the given list of 20 English sentences into two categories: preterite or imperfect. You could easily adapt this activity for other tenses, simply by providing your own list. In addition to the hands-on practice, this resource also includes two worksheet versions of the same sentences.

This resource contains:

• one sentence sorting sheet
• one page of twenty English sentences with dotted lines for cutting
• one worksheet where students choose between the preterite and imperfect and explain why the chosen tense is correct
• one worksheet where students choose between the preterite and imperfect and translate the sentences to Spanish
• answer keys for the sentence sorting sheet and both worksheets
• tips for using the resource and a table of contents

This activity works well individually and in small groups and would be a great introductory activity (by using inductive reasoning), application, or review activity. Although designed for use in level two, it also makes a great review for Spanish three or four.

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