| Ella terminó su tarea ayer. | She finished her homework yesterday. |
| Ella terminaba su tarea después de la cena. | She would finish her homework after dinner. |
| Vi una película tan interesante el fin de semana pasado. | I saw a really interesting movie last weekend. |
| Cuando era joven, veía películas todas las semanas. | When I was young, I watched movies every week. |
| Ayer, mi hermano fue a visitar a Miguel. | Yesterday my brother went to visit Miguel. |
| Mi hermano me dijo que iba a visitar a Miguel. | My brother told me that he was going to visit Miguel. |
| Mi hijo me despertó a las siete esta mañana. | My son woke me up at seven this morning. |
| Cuando él era bebé, mi hijo me despertaba regularmente durante la noche. | When he was a baby, my son would regularly wake me up during the night. |
| Hace dos días, visitaron a su abuela. | They visited their grandmother two days ago. |
| Cuando visitaban a su abuela, María les trajo un guiso. | When they were visiting their grandmother, María brought them a stew. |
| El año pasado, fuimos a esquiar en Colorado. | Last year we went skiing in Colorado. |
| Íbamos a Colorado todos los inviernos para esquiar. | We used to go to Colorado every winter to ski. |
| ¿Qué hiciste esta mañana? | What did you do this morning? |
| ¿Qué hacías esta mañana cuando te llamé? | What were you doing this morning when I called you? |
| Almorzamos a las dos ayer. | We at lunch at two yesterday. |
| Siempre almorzábamos durante las reuniones. | We would always eat lunch during the meetings. |
| Gastamos cien dólares anoche en el restaurante. | We spent one hundred dollars last night at the restaurant. |
| Gastaban dinero cada semana en vino fino. | They used to spend money every week on fine wine. |
| Mi vecino cortó su césped el domingo. | On Sunday, my neighbor cut their grass. |
| Mis últimos vecinos casi nunca cortaban el césped. | My last neighbors almost never cut the grass. |
| ¿Con quién visitó usted ayer? | Who did you visit with yesterday? |
| ¿Con quién visitaba usted cuando lo vi ayer? | Who were you visiting with when I saw you yesterday? |
| En junio, nadamos en el lago. | In June, we swam in the lake. |
| Todos los veranos, nadábamos en el lago. | Every summer, we used to swim in the lake. |
| Para la Navidad, sus padres le dieron una aspiradora. | For Christmas, her parents gave her a vacuum. |
| Sus padres les daban un máximo de tres regalos. | Their parents gave them a maximum of three gifts. |
| Ana tuvo que trabajar anoche. | Ana had to work last night. |
| No hubo tiempo suficiente para visitarla porque ella tenía que trabajar. | There was not enough time to visit her because she had to work. |
| El domingo pasado, salimos tarde de la iglesia porque vimos a unos viejos amigos. | Last Sunday, we left church late because we saw some old friends. |
| Todos los domingos, salíamos tarde de la iglesia porque mi papá era muy extrovertido. | Every Sunday we would leave church late because my dad was very extroverted. |
| Conocí a algunos de mis vecinos antes de comprar mi casa. | I met a few of my neighbors before buying my house. |
| Mi papá conocía a muchas personas en su ciudad natal. | My dad knew a lot of people in his hometown. |