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| Su respuesta
me sorprendió. explanation: To be surprised is nothing that is going on for a very long time. Therefore the right choice for the tense would be indefinido. |
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| Yo siempre comía
paella. explanation: There is the word siempre indicating that the action is a repeated one. Therefore imperfecto. |
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| Me llamó
el domingo. explanation: He called once an it was on Sunday. If an action just happens once the right tense is indefinido. |
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| Me llamaba todos
los domingos. explanation: When saying EVERY Sunday it means it is a repeated action, which agains means that it has to be in imperfecto. |
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No podía
ir a la escuela, porque estaba enfermo. |
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| El vaso se cayó
de la mesa. explanation: It's the nature of the event that it happens just once and on the dot (= indefinido). |
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| Ella leía un libro,
cuando él entró por la puerta. explanation: There is a basic action that was disturbed by a second one. The basic action is her reading (= imperfecto), the disturbance is his entering through the door (= indefinido). |
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| El coche chocó contra
el muro. explanation: This kind of event just happens on the dot. Therefore it has to be indefinido. |
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| No era rico, pero estaba contento.
explanation: When having a look at it there is no doubt this situation is something that is continuing a while. |
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| Me escribió una carta
ayer. explanation: Even though we can assume that it took a while to write this letter, still the action is finished in the past and it happened only once. That's the main issue when choosing the indefinido. |
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| Me escribía
una carta mientras escuchaba música. explanation: There are two actions happening at the same time. |
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| Alejándro
cortó el nudo con su espada. explanation: action that happened only once in the past |
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