Question

part 1: core concepts (1–10)

1. circle the best meaning:

preterite →
i used to eat / i ate

1. circle the best meaning:

imperfect →
i was eating / i ate

1. which tense is used for a completed action in the past?

Explanation:

1. The preterite tense in language refers to a single, completed past action, which matches "I ate".
2. The imperfect tense describes ongoing, habitual, or background past actions, which matches "I was eating".
3. The preterite tense is specifically used to denote finished, completed actions that happened at a specific point in the past.

Answer:

1. I ate
2. I was eating
3. Preterite