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Preterite Tense Verbs An action begun and completed in the past in a relative moment. I ate a sandwich yesterday. You ran in the park last night. He sang

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Page 1: Preterite Tense Verbs An action begun and completed in the past in a relative moment. I ate a sandwich yesterday. You ran in the park last night. He sang
Page 2: Preterite Tense Verbs An action begun and completed in the past in a relative moment. I ate a sandwich yesterday. You ran in the park last night. He sang

Preterite Tense Verbs

An action begun and completed in the past in a relative moment.

I ate a sandwich yesterday.You ran in the park last night.He sang in the choir last Sunday.We took our Spanish Test two days ago.They drank the water after the ballgame last night.

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In Spanish different types of past tense verbs are many times activated by certain keywords.

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Keywords used for the preterite tense:

• Anoche (last night)• Ayer (yesterday)• Anteayer (day before yesterday)• Esta mañana (this morning)• El año pasado (last year)• El mes pasado (last month)• La semana pasada (last week)• Hace dos días (two days ago)

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So, now you understand why the preterite past tense verb is being used …..“the relative moment”…

Now, let’s look at how to form the preterite past tense in Spanish…

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Preterite Tense Verb endings:

• Just like present tense verbs you drop the –ar, -er, or the –ir and add the appropriate endings.

• Just like present tense verbs there are some irregular verbs.

• There are some “sandal verbs” or stem-changing verbs but only in –ir verbs.

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How to form an –ar verb:

• Hablar

Habl

Now add endings to the stem….

Habl

Habl

Habl

Habl

é

aste

ó

amos

aron

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How to form an –er verb:

Comer

Now add endings to the stem….

Com

Com

Com Com

Comí

iste

imos

ieron

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How to form an –ir verb.

Viv

It is the same as the –er verb!!!

ir

Then add the endingsí imosisteIó ieron

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And of course…there are the irregulars

estar tenerandar

poner saber

poder

querer hacervenir

ser ir

decirtraer conducir

dar

ver

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And the “gué” verbs!!!

• -gar verbs = gué

• -car verbs = qué

• -zar verbs = cé

But ONLY in the YO form.YO

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Some “gue” verbs

Llegar = llegué llegamos llegaste llegó llegaron

Tocar = toqué tocamos tocaste

tocó tocaron

Empezar = empecé empezamosempezasteempezó empezaron

Only the

Yo

Form

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The “V” verbs:

Estar = Estuv

• Estuve Estuvimos

• Estuviste

• Estuvo Estuvieron

Now you conjugate andar…..

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Andar = Anduv

• Anduve Anduviste

• Anduviste

• Anduvo Anduvieron

Now you try tener…….

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Tener = Tuv

• Tuve Tuvimos

• Tuviste

• Tuvo Tuvieron

Now write a sentence with each verb….

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The “U” verbs:

Poder = Pud

• Pude Pudimos

• Pudiste

• Pudo Pudieron

Now you conjugate poner…..

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Poner = Pus

• Puse Pusimos

• Pusiste

• Puso Pusieron

Now you try saber…..

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Saber = sup

• Supe Supimos

• Supiste

• Supo Supieron

Now write a sentence with each verb.

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Now the “i” verbs:

Hacer = Hi

• Hice Hicimos• Hiciste• Hizo Hicieron

But watch out for the change in 3rd person singular!!! Only in hacer.

Now you try to conjugate venir….

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Venir = vin

• Vine Vinimos

• Viniste

• Vino Vinieron

And now querer…..

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Querer = quis

• Quise quisimos

• Quisiste

• Quiso quisieron

Now write a sentence with each verb.

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The “j” verbs:

Traer = traj

Traje Trajimos

Trajiste

Trajo Trajeron

Now try decir…..

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Decir = dij

• Dije Dijimos

• Dijiste

• Dijo Dijeron

Now try traducir…..

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Traducir = traduj

• Traduje Tradujiste

• Tradujiste

• Tradujo Tradujeron

Now write a sentence with each verb.

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Two verbs that follow the same pattern are:

• Dar & Ver

• Di Vi Dimos Vimos

• Diste Viste

• Dio Vio Dieron Vieron

Now write a sentence with ver.

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Now there are 2 verbs that conjugate exactly the same.

The context of the sentence tells you which verb is being used

Ser & Ir

• Fui Fuimos

• Fuiste

• Fue FueronElla fue gorda pero ahora es delgada.

She was fat but now is thin.

Ella fue a la escuela ayer.

She went to school yesterday.

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• Completa con la forma correcta del verbo.

1. Su padre __________________(estar) enfermo el año pasado.2. ¿___________________(comer) tú en aquel restaurante anteayer.3. Mis amigos __________________(llegar) hace tres días.4. Yo _________________(mirar) la televisión anoche.5. Nosotras _________________(ir) a la playa el verano pasado.6. El niño __________________(dormir) muy bien anoche.7. Yo _______________(ver) a Juan el otro día.8. Yo no _______________(poder) trabajar ayer.

• Contesta las pregunta en oraciones completas en español.

1. ¿Qué hiciste antes de la fiesta para preparar?2. ¿Quién ayudó a preparar para la fiesta?3. ¿Qué hicieron ellos en la cocina?4. ¿Qué hicieron Uds. en la fiesta?5. ¿A qué hora empezó la fiesta?6. ¿A qué hora terminó la fiesta?

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1. Estuvo2. Comiste3. Llegaron4. Miré5. Fuimos6. Durmió7. Vi8. pude

Answers to the following activities:

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1. Yo limpié la casa y preparé la comida.

2. Mi buena amiga ayudó a preparar para la fiesta.

3. Ellos prepararon la comida.

4. Nosotros bailamos a la fiesta.

5. La fiesta empezó a las ocho de la noche.

6. La fiesta terminó a la una de la mañana.

Answers will vary somewhat, but should look similar.