
Preterite Tense I AR Verbs
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7th - 8th Grade
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Vanessa Varela
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Preterite Tense I AR Verbs
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What is the Preterite
It is a past tense ("-ed" talked, walked)
It talks about what happened (in the past)
It is a completed action
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I walked to the store
I bought a jacket
I talked to the lady
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To form the preterite of -ar verbs
Take the stem of the verb (Hablar)
And add the following endings
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Hablar → habl- + endings
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Ejemplo (Hablar)
Yo hablé Nosotros hablamos
Tu hablaste Vosotros hablasteis
El/ella/ud habló Ellos hablaron
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Notice the accents on "yo" "usted/el/ella" forms
hablé habló
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Remember: it's the same stem you used to form the present tense
Hablé Bailé Estudié
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Ejemplo (Bailar)
Yo bailé Nosotros bailamos
Tu bailaste Vosotros bailasteis
El/ella/ud bailó Ellos bailaron
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Ejemplo (Cantar)
Yo canté Nosotros cantamos
Tu cantaste Vosotros cantasteis
El/ella/ud cantó Ellos cantaron
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Refresher Time
Yo hablé
Tu hablaste
Usted/El/Ella Habló
Nosotros hablamos
Vosotros hablasteis
Ustedes/Ellos/Ellas hablaron
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Let's practice adding the preterite endings!
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Multiple Choice
Which one of these are the correct preterite (past) endings?
(hablar)
Yo hablé
Tu hablaste
El/ella/uds habló
Nosotros hablamos
Vosotros hablasteis
Ellos/ellas/uds hablaron
Yo hablo
Tu hablas
Ell/ella/ud habla
Nosotros hablamos
Vosotros hablais
Ellos/ellas/uds hablan
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct preterite ending
Yo (hablar)
Yo hablaste
Yo hablamos
Yo hablé
Yo hablaron
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct preterite ending
Ella (trabajar)
Ella trabja
Ella trabajó
Ella trabajaron
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct preterite word to complete each sentence
Ellos (hablaste/ hablaron) por teléfono anoche
hablaste
hablaron
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Multiple Choice
Last one!
Choose the correct preterite word to complete each sentence
¡Tú (cantaste/ cantar) con Taylor Swift!
Cantaste
Cantar
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Recap
Introduced the Preterite Tense
We saw examples of the preterite tense
Did preterite exercises
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