8.A Imperfect

The imperfect is a verb form to express the past, though unlike the preterite it describes an event that was ongoing at a particular time. The imperfect it is use when:

1. a) Recalling characteristics of people or things and places in the past.
2. b) Describe background situations; date, time, weather, age, an ongoing condition…
3. c) Recalling moments in the past actions, events or stated were in progress, ongoing or habitual
4. d) Describe actions happening at the same time in the past

The regular verbs have the following ending when they are conjugated in the imperfect tense:

There are only three  irregular verbs in the imperfect: SER, IR and VER