Los profesores ______ con los padres de los alumnos

Daniel E.C1Kwiziq community member

Los profesores ______ con los padres de los alumnos

In the test section it says: "Los profesores ___ con los padres de los alumnos"

I thought that should be 'charlaron' because it is an action in the past which has been completed but the system says it is 'charlaban'. 

Please explain?

Asked 4 years ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Daniel,

Both "charlaron" and "charlaban" are grammatically correct. But in this instance we have a hint saying "It is describing the past", so the imperfect is the descriptive past, not the preterite. If the hint was "It is referring to a completed action in the past" then you need the preterite/past simple "charlaron".

I hope this helped.

Saludos

Inma

Daniel E. asked:

Los profesores ______ con los padres de los alumnos

In the test section it says: "Los profesores ___ con los padres de los alumnos"

I thought that should be 'charlaron' because it is an action in the past which has been completed but the system says it is 'charlaban'. 

Please explain?

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