I can read a story about what a neighborhood used to be like and understand what has changed: who worked where, what was on the corner, what is gone now.
What the story is about
Before you read
Teresa has lived in her neighborhood since she was a child and remembers what it was like twenty years ago.
As you read, watch the verbs in imperfecto (the imperfect) — what was ALWAYS the case — and the two or three verbs in indefinido (the preterite): what happened once and changed the street.
Key phrases in the story: hace veinte años — twenty years ago (hace comes first); ya no está — it's not there anymore.
Lesson notes
Before you read
Teresa has lived in her neighborhood since she was a child and remembers what it was like twenty years ago.
As you read, watch the verbs in imperfecto (the imperfect) — what was ALWAYS the case — and the two or three verbs in indefinido (the preterite): what happened once and changed the street.
Key phrases in the story: hace veinte años — twenty years ago (hace comes first); ya no está — it's not there anymore.