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