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Irregular Preterite

Irregular verbs in the preterite tense

TermDefinition
Pagar- To pay
yo pagué (pagar) I paid
Empezar- To start
Yo empecé (empezar) I started
Sacar (to take out) to take out
Yo saqué (took out) I took out
yo fui (ir) I was/I went
tú fuiste (ir) You were/you went
él fue (ir) she was/went
nosotros fuimos (ir) We were/went
ellos fueron (ir) They were/went
-AR & -ER verbs that had a stem change in the present tense__ have a stem change in the preterite tense. do not
-IR verbs that have a stem change in the present tense __ have a stem change in the preterite tense. do
-IR stem changers only change in the __ person 3rd
3rd person forms are ___ él, ella, usted, ellos & ustedes
In the preterite tense the E____ in some stem changing verbs (-IR verbs only) changes to I
In the preterite tense the O____ in some stem changing verbs (-IR verbs only) changes to U
Cerrar does or does not stem change in the preterite tense? DOES NOT- ar verbs do not stem change in the preterite tense
Perder does or does not stem change in the preterite tense? DOES NOT- er verbs do not stem change in the preterite tense
Which verbs stem change in the preterite tense? -IR verbs
él (dormir) durmió
ustedes (dormir) durmieron
Preferir, servir & pedir are/are not stem changing verbs in the preterite tense. are (they end with -ir)
Three example of verbs that stem change in the past: repetir, dormir, morir
usted (pedir) pidió
ellos (pedir) pidieron
These verbs use -yo (él, ella, usted) & -yeron (ellos/ustedes) and have an accent on other endings. leer, creer, caer, oír
leer- to read
creer- to believe
caer- to fall
oír- hear
she read (preterite) ella leyó
she believed ella creyó
she fell ella se cayó
they fell ellos se cayeron
they read ellos leyeron
she heard ella oyó
Created by: lmedrano
 

 



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