For a set amount of time

estuve · viví

did it, for a set time· tap a form for the whole table

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Why it works

When the time has a start and an end, use the preterite.

Markers: tres horas, durante dos años, hasta las ocho, toda la mañana.

Estuve tres horas = the three hours are over.

Why not estaba

estaba tres horas

I was there for three hours

Leaves the three hours open, as background. A measured stretch is closed: estuve tres horas.

In a full sentence

Tuve una llamada con soporte durante media hora.
I had a call with support for half an hour.
The call lasted for a finished, limited time.
El despliegue fue lento durante dos horas.
The deployment was slow for two hours.
Two hours is a completed, limited period.
Tuve el móvil apagado hasta las ocho.
I had my phone switched off until eight.
The endpoint makes the time period complete.
Mi compañera estuvo de guardia toda la noche.
My colleague was on call all night.
The whole night is a completed time period.

5 gaps to fill, then 3 sentences from the English · say or type each one