Imperfect Tense (Noun)
Meaning
A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going.
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The imperfect tense is used to describe an action that was ongoing in the past, such as "I was studying" or "They were watching TV".
- The teacher explained that the imperfect tense is used to describe an action that was ongoing at a specific point in the past.
- In Spanish, the imperfect tense is used to describe an action that was ongoing when another action occurred.
- The imperfect tense is often used in conjunction with the preterite tense to describe a sequence of events in the past.
- When describing a habitual or repeated action in the past, the imperfect tense is often used, as in "I used to walk to school every day".