Preterite: Irregular YO forms -car, -gar, -zar

Preterite: Irregular YO forms -car, -gar, -zar

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Answer the following questions to review the preterite of regular -ar verbs.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are the endings of the preterite tense for -AR verbs?

• o, as, a, amos, áis, an

• ó, aste, á, amos, aistes, abron.

• é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron

Multiple Choice

The preterite is used to describe an action completed at a specific time.

Which of these English phrases fits that description?

• I used to play soccer every day.

• I played soccer last night.

• I wanted to play soccer last night.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct preterite form to complete the sentence:

Mis amigos no _____ la televisión anoche.

• miramos

• miran

• miraron

• mirasteis

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct preterite form to complete the sentence:

Tú me ________ un refresco.

• compraste

• compras

• hablastes

• bebes

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct preterite form to complete the sentence:

Yo no ______ en la playa.

• nadé

• nade

• nado

• nadó

Multiple Choice

In the YO form of an -AR verb ending in -CAR, what does the C change to?

• qu

• ck

• It doesn't change

• g

Fill in the Blank

What is the YO form of TOCAR in the preterite?

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blank:

Yo ____ la basura ayer.

Open Ended

Copy this sentence:

The C changes to QU to keep the hard C sound in sacar.

Multiple Choice

For GAR verbs in the preterite, the G changes to GU in the yo form.

So what is the yo form of pagar?

• page

• pagué

• pague

• pago

Fill in the Blank

I played:

Yo _______.

Multiple Choice

In the preterite, verbs ending in ZAR have a spelling change in the YO form: The Z changes to C.

Esta tarde, yo (almorzar) en la cafetería.

• almuerzé

• almorzé

• almorcé

Multiple Choice

Cambia el verbo al pretérito.
busco

• buscé
• buscamos
• buscó
• busqué

Multiple Choice

Cambia el verbo al pretérito.
pago

• pagé
• pagaron
• pagaste
• pagué

Multiple Choice

Conjuga el verbo en el pretérito.

¿Cuándo ___________ las personas al evento especial? (llegar)

• llegan

• llegué

• llegaron

• llegamos

Multiple Choice

Conjuga el verbo en el pretérito.

¿Cuánto ___________ tú para esas botas nuevas? (pagar)

• pagas

• pagaron

• pagué

• pagaste

Multiple Choice

Conjuga el verbo en el pretérito.

Después de la escuela, yo ___________ a hacer la tarea. (empezar)

• empiezo

• empecé

• empezamos

• empiez

Multiple Choice

Conjuga el verbo en el pretérito.

Ayer, la clase ___________ a las doce y media. (empezar)

• empezaste

• empieza

• empezó

• empezamos

Poll

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