Read and choose the option with the correct answer.

Cuando era pequeña, Marta hacía travesuras.

Why is the verb hacer in the imperfect tense in the sentence above? (1 point)

A- It is a completed action in the past.

B- It is a repetitive action in the past.

C- It is an action happening right now.

D- It is an action that just happened.

The Spanish language uses the imperfect tense to talk about past actions that were repetitive or in progress at a given moment in the past. There are more uses, though.

Option A is not correct because a completed action in the past would require the perfect tense, not the imperfect.
Option C is also not correct because an action happening right now would require the present tense.
Option D cannot be correct because, among other things, the sentence says "Cuando era pequeña" (When she was a kid) so it is not an action that just happened.

Additionaly, by saying that "[...] hacía travesuras" it does not intend to express that she was naughty one time, rather, it conveys that that behavior repeated itself over time.

Native speaker over here. I hope this is helpful.

yersanabria yersanabria · Answer 2 · 2022-01-07T11:42:02+01:00

The correct option about the sentence in Spanish is:

B- It is a repetitive action in the past.

Imperfect Tense in Spanish.

The imperfect tense has two fundamental characteristics that allow it to be identified within a sentence:

The first is that the time in which it is mentioned is too general or is not specified.
On the other hand, that the action carried out in the past is somewhat repetitive, which is which leads to it being carried out on various occasions in the past and therefore does not have a definite date.

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