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.

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