The preterite tense 121

irYo fui a México el año pasado. I went to Mexico last year.Tú fuiste al cine anoche. You went to the movies last night.Donald Trump fue a Palm Beach Donald Trump went to Palm Beach last week. la semana pasada.Fuimos a Ámsterdam para nuestra We went to Amsterdam for our honeymoon. luna de miel.¿Fuisteis a la luna con un mono? Did all of you go to the moon with a monkey?Ellos fueron a Cuba tres veces el año Th ey went to Cuba three times last year. pasado.

13·8EJERCICIO

Traducción

1. I went to the game.

2. I was president of the club for one year.

3. He went to the store (in order) to buy eggs.

4. Why did you go away?

5. They [f.] didn’t go yesterday because they went last week.

6. We didn’t go to the wedding.

7. Did you all go to school today?

8. Who was the big winner yesterday?

9. The party was terrible.

10. The meeting went well.

11. Anita and Pepe were girlfriend and boyfriend (los novios) for two years, but they never went to Venice.

12. He was my best friend for ten years.