Could you give me direction about what I am to do here? Am I correct at all? Preterit vs. imperfect- Choose the correct form of the appropriate verb to complete each sentence. dio, daba, tenía, tuvo, conocí, conocía, comprabas, compraba, iba, fui, compré, compraste, fui, compré, compraste Todos los días yo __ fui/iba ____ a la plaza para relajar. Yo _ comprabas/conocia __ café y me sentaba en los bancos. Un día, en la plaza, _ tuvo ___ a una chica muy guapa. Ella__tenia__ pelo café y ojos verdes. Desde ese día Norma y yo somos amigos y la voy a extrañar mucho.
It would appear that you have 2 answers for some of the blanks? We HELP but do not DO the work for you. Here's a quick "run down" on the tenses. They make a story so colorful because one sets the background or paints the backdrop (the Imperfect) and one tells the action (the Preterit.)
For the Preterit, try to imagine a series of snapshots = / / / / / where each one has a beginning, a middle and an end. The verbs you have above in the Preterit = dio, tuvo, conocí, fui, compré, compraste. Here is the English cue of only one: compré = I bought, I DID buy.
For the Imperfect, try to imagine a movie camera rolling away = ~~~~~~, concentrating on the "middle" of something that obviously had a beginning, but as far as you know, never has an end! Here are the verbs you have above in that form: daba, tenía, conocía, compraba, iba. Translating one into English, look at the 3 English cues "compraba" = I (he, she, it = all the same form) WAS buyING, USED TO buy, bought. (that last English overlaps with the Preterit)
NOW, try again and choose more decisively.
Sra