EL PRETERITO - MINI LESSON

EL PRETERITO

PAST TENSE

NOUNS TO PRONOUNS REMINDER!

• Pronouns REPLACE Nouns - here is a refresher on how to do that.

• Nouns are PEOPLE/PLACES/THINGS (when conjugating verbs you will most likely see NAMES of people and you will need to replace them with the correct pronoun)

• If you see ONE NAME (male, female, or neutral) use the "el/ella" form

• If you see TWO OR MORE NAMES use the "ellos/ellas" form

• If you see a NAME (or more) and the pronoun YO use the "nosotros" form

• If you see a NAME (or more) and the pronoun TÚ or USTED use the "ustedes" form

Multiple Choice

REPLACE w/ a PRONOUN:

CARLOS and MARIA

• ustedes

• nosotros

• ellos

• él

Multiple Choice

REPLACE w/ a PRONOUN:

GLORIA

• tú

• ella

• ellos

• él

Multiple Choice

REPLACE w/ a PRONOUN:

Daniel y tú

• nosotros

• tú

• ellos

• ustedes

Multiple Choice

REPLACE w/ a PRONOUN:

Pedro, Tomas, y yo.

• nosotros

• ella

• ellos

• ustedes

THE PRETERITE (PAST TENSE)

it is used to talk about events that started and ended in the past that are not reoccurring (unique events, not traditions).

REGULAR AR VERBS

(if you don't have this in your notes, copy it down now)

step 1 - drop the infinitive ending (AR)

step 2 - identify the stem (the first part of the verb, excluding the AR

for example: HABLAR --> HABL

step 3 - add new ending (using the chart) based on who you are writing about

example: "I SPOKE" -- YO HABLÉ.

common regular AR verbs for this unit

(COPY THEM DOWN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM)

Multiple Choice

Practice the preterite:

yo ________ ayer. (cantar)

• cantó

• canté

• cantaste

• canto

Multiple Choice

Practice the preterite:

ellas ________ sus cumpleaños. (celebrar)

• celebramos

• celebran

• celebraron

REG ER and IR VERBS

(if you don't have this in your notes, copy it down now)

step 1 - drop the infinitive ending (ER) or (IR)

step 2 - identify the stem

for example: CORRER--> CORR

or ESCRIBIR --> ESCRIB

step 3 - add new ending (using the chart)

example: "I RAN" -- YO CORRÍ or "YOU WROTE" -- TÚ ESCRIBISTE

common regular ER/IR verbs for this unit

(COPY THEM DOWN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM)

Multiple Choice

Practice the preterite:

¿Usted ________ la torta de fresas? (comer)

• comiste

• comió

• come

• comí

Multiple Choice

Practice the preterite:

¿Tú________ los regalos de navidad? (abrir)

• abriste

• abrió

• abre

• abrí