What is the imperfect form of comer for él/ella/usted?

What is the imperfect form of comer for él/ella/usted?

• A. comía
• B. comían
• C. comemos
• D. comías

Answer: (A)

Imperfect endings for -er verbs use -ía for the third-person singular. So comer becomes comía for él/ella/usted, meaning he/she/you (formal) ate or was eating in the past. The other forms correspond to different subjects or tenses: comían is they/you all, comemos is present tense we eat, and comías is tú imperfect. So comía is the correct match for él/ella/usted.

Imperfect endings for -er verbs use -ía for the third-person singular. So comer becomes comía for él/ella/usted, meaning he/she/you (formal) ate or was eating in the past. The other forms correspond to different subjects or tenses: comían is they/you all, comemos is present tense we eat, and comías is tú imperfect. So comía is the correct match for él/ella/usted.