El Pretérito (Todos Los Verbos)

El Pretérito (Todos Los Verbos)

What is the preterite tense?

• it is a past tense

• similar to the "-ed" at the end of the verb

• a completed action in the past

Regular -ar verb endings

• -é

• -aste

• -ó

• -amos

• -asteis

• -aron

Regular -er/-ie verb endings

• -í

• -iste

• -ió

• -imos

• -isteis

• -ieron

-car, -gar, -zar verbs

• only irregular in the "yo" form

• c -> qu

• g -> gu

• z ->c

• still add your accented -é to the end

El Cinco Grande (The Big 5)

• ir - to go

• ser - to be

• dar - to give

• hacer - to make/do

• ver - to see

• NO ACCENT MARKS

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What are the correct forms of ir/ser in the preterite tense? Choose all that apply:

• fui

• iba

• era

• fueron

• fuimos

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What are the correct forms of dar in the preterite tense? Choose all that apply:

• di

• doy

• dieron

• daron

• disteis

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What are the correct forms of hacer in the preterite tense? Choose all that apply:

• hizo

• hice

• hiciste

• hicieron

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What are the correct forms of ver in the preterite tense? Choose all that apply:

• vi

• vio

• vamos

• vieron

• veo

Irregular Preterite Stem-Changing Verbs

• andar - anduv-

• decir - dij-

• estar - estuv-

• poder - pud-

• poner - pus

• querer - quis-

• saber - sup-

Más Irregular

• tener - tuv-

• traer - traj-

• venir - vin-

• NO ACCENT MARKS ON THESE FORMS

ENDINGS FOR IRREG. STEMS

• -e

• -iste

• -o

• -imos

• -isteis

• -ieron/-eron

• "j" stem endings should use -eron

Las Sandalias

• There are e->i, o->u, CLOC, and Y's guys

• sandal verbs are only irregular in the él/ella/Ud. forms and ellos/ellas/Uds. forms

CLOC "Y's Guys"

• Creer - to believe

• Leer - to read

• Oír - to hear

• Caer - to fall

• Lots of irregular accent marks

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What are the correct forms of creer? Choose all that apply:

• creí

• creíste

• creió

• creyeron

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What are the correct forms of oír? Choose all that apply:

• oyí

• oí

• oyó

• oyeron

• oímos

-UIR Verbs (Y's Guys)

• Same as CLOC but without all the extra accent marks

• still sandal verbs

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What are the correct forms of huir? Choose all that apply:

• huí

• huiste

• huyó

• huyeron

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What are the correct forms of construir? Choose all that apply:

• construyó

• construyo

• construyeron

• construimos