thepreteritedescribethesceneryto tella timeto state thebeginningof anactionto tell thedurationof anactionthe fourways tosay wasto statethe end ofan actionbackgroundinformationtwo verbsthat arenearly thesame inpreteritecompletedactionthe twoverbs withidenticalpreterite3rd personsingularand pluralforms onlydescribesomeone'sagethe threeirregularverbs in theimperfecttheimperfectactionsthat area habitactionsthat getinterruptedin the pastare neverstem-changers inthe preteriteactions thatinterruptotheractionsonetimeactionsto tellthedatestatingthat youused to dosomethingthree timephrases toindicate thepreteritedescribecircumstancesaround acompletedactionbecausethree vowelsin a rowaren'tcommonrepeatedactions inthe pastthree timephrases toindicate theimperfectwas orwere+ ingdescribetheweatherthepreteritedescribethesceneryto tella timeto state thebeginningof anactionto tell thedurationof anactionthe fourways tosay wasto statethe end ofan actionbackgroundinformationtwo verbsthat arenearly thesame inpreteritecompletedactionthe twoverbs withidenticalpreterite3rd personsingularand pluralforms onlydescribesomeone'sagethe threeirregularverbs in theimperfecttheimperfectactionsthat area habitactionsthat getinterruptedin the pastare neverstem-changers inthe preteriteactions thatinterruptotheractionsonetimeactionsto tellthedatestatingthat youused to dosomethingthree timephrases toindicate thepreteritedescribecircumstancesaround acompletedactionbecausethree vowelsin a rowaren'tcommonrepeatedactions inthe pastthree timephrases toindicate theimperfectwas orwere+ ingdescribetheweather

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