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Pretérito

Práctica del pretérito

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When do you use the preterite? 1- The preterite is used for past actions that are seen as completed
Which are the endings for the AR verbs in the preterite? é aste ó amos asteis aron
Which are the endings for the ER verbs in the preterite? í iste ió imos isteis ieron
Which are the endings for the IR verbs in the preterite? í iste ió imos isteis ieron
When do you use the preterite? 2- The preterite is used for actions that can be viewed as single events.
When do you use the preterite? 3- The preterite is used for actions that were repeated a specific number of times.
When do you use the preterite? 4- The preterite is used for actions that occurred during a specific period of time.
When do you use the preterite? 5- The preterite is used for actions that were part of a chain of events.
When do you use the preterite? 6- The preterite is used to state the beginning or the end of an action.
Preterite: ser and ir have the same conjugation! Which is... fui fuiste fue fuimos fuisteis fueron
Preterite: dar di diste dio dimos disteis dieron
Preterite: hacer hice hiciste hizo hicimos hicisteis hicieron
TRUE OR FALSE? -ar and -er verbs that change their stem in the present tense do not change in the preterite. They are conjugated just like other regular preterite verbs. TRUE Example: ENTENDER entiendo entendí entiendes entendiste entiende entendió entendemos entendimos entendéis entendisteis entienden entendieron
TRUE OR FALSE? -ir verbs that change their stem in the present tense do change in the preterite, but in a different way. They change e:i and o:u in the third person, singular and plural. TRUE PREFERIR prefiero preferí prefieres preferiste prefiere prefirió preferimos preferimos preferís preferisteis prefieren prefirieron
TRUE OR FALSE? -ar and -er stem-changing verbs do not change in the preterite TRUE cerrar entender cerré entendí cerraste entendiste cerró entendió cerramos entendimos cerrasteis entendisteis cerraron entendieron
In order to preserve the sound of the infinitive, a number of verbs change orthographically (spelling) in the preterite tense. In the YO form ONLY!!!. Which ones? Verbs that end in car, gar, and zar
How do the car, gar, zar verbs change in the YO form ONLY? Verbs that end in -gar change g to gu Verbs that end in -car change c to qu Verbs that end in -zar change z to c Examples: yo jugué (jugar) yo busqué (buscar) yo almorcé (almorzar)
For verbs that end in -aer, -eer, -oír, and -oer, the él/ella/usted forms use the ending "yó" (rather than ió) and the third person plural (they) uses the ending "yeron" (rather than ieron). The remaining forms gain a written accent over the letter "i." EXAMPLE creí creíste creyó creímos creísteis creyeron Other verbs like "creer" include: caer = to fall leer = to read oír = to hear poseer = to posses proveer = to provide
DECIR TRAER VER = are irregular in the preterite and must be memorized. Which are their forms? decir traer ver dije traje vi dijiste trajiste viste dijo trajo vio dijimos trajimos vimos dijisteis trajisteis visteis dijeron trajeron vieron
Verbs that end in -ucir are irregular and conjugated how? producir produje produjiste produjo produjimos produjisteis produjeron other verbs: conducir = to drive/to conduct deducir = to deduce introducir = to introduce traducir = to translate
A number of verbs that are irregular in the preterite follow a particular pattern. While their stems change, What endings do they take? -e -iste -o -imos -isteis -ieron
Examples of verbs with stem -change and particular endings. Infinitive Stem Change andar anduv- estar estuv- tener tuv- caber cup- haber hub- poder pud- poner pus- saber sup- hacer hic- querer quis- venir vin-
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