to tell thedurationof anactiononetimeactionsto tellthedatebackgroundinformationthe threeirregularverbs in theimperfectto state thebeginningof anactionthe twoverbs withidenticalpreteriteto statethe end ofan actionactionsthat getinterruptedin the pastwas orwere+ ingrepeatedactions inthe pasttwo verbsthat arenearly thesame inpreteriteare neverstem-changers inthe preteritetheimperfectactions thatinterruptotheractionsthree timephrases toindicate theimperfectdescribethescenerydescribesomeone'sagethepreteriteactionsthat area habit3rd personsingularand pluralforms onlystatingthat youused to dosomethingthe fourways tosay wasto tella timecompletedactiondescribetheweatherbecausethree vowelsin a rowaren'tcommonthree timephrases toindicate thepreteritedescribecircumstancesaround acompletedactionto tell thedurationof anactiononetimeactionsto tellthedatebackgroundinformationthe threeirregularverbs in theimperfectto state thebeginningof anactionthe twoverbs withidenticalpreteriteto statethe end ofan actionactionsthat getinterruptedin the pastwas orwere+ ingrepeatedactions inthe pasttwo verbsthat arenearly thesame inpreteriteare neverstem-changers inthe preteritetheimperfectactions thatinterruptotheractionsthree timephrases toindicate theimperfectdescribethescenerydescribesomeone'sagethepreteriteactionsthat area habit3rd personsingularand pluralforms onlystatingthat youused to dosomethingthe fourways tosay wasto tella timecompletedactiondescribetheweatherbecausethree vowelsin a rowaren'tcommonthree timephrases toindicate thepreteritedescribecircumstancesaround acompletedaction

Uses of Preterite and Imperfect - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. to tell the duration of an action
  2. one time actions
  3. to tell the date
  4. background information
  5. the three irregular verbs in the imperfect
  6. to state the beginning of an action
  7. the two verbs with identical preterite
  8. to state the end of an action
  9. actions that get interrupted in the past
  10. was or were + ing
  11. repeated actions in the past
  12. two verbs that are nearly the same in preterite
  13. are never stem-changers in the preterite
  14. the imperfect
  15. actions that interrupt other actions
  16. three time phrases to indicate the imperfect
  17. describe the scenery
  18. describe someone's age
  19. the preterite
  20. actions that are a habit
  21. 3rd person singular and plural forms only
  22. stating that you used to do something
  23. the four ways to say was
  24. to tell a time
  25. completed action
  26. describe the weather
  27. because three vowels in a row aren't common
  28. three time phrases to indicate the preterite
  29. describe circumstances around a completed action