
El Pretérito
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9th - 12th Grade
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Marcus D'Andrea
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El Pretérito
Past Tense of Regular Verbs
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Qué es el pretérito?
So far, we've only conjugated verbs in the PRESENT TENSE!
Yo como las hamburguesas = I eat the hamburgers
Mis amigos y yo estudiamos el español =Mis friends and I study Spanish
Mi madre escribe una carta = My mom writes a letter
In Spanish, there are TWO simple tenses to indicate actions that happened in the PAST
The PRETERITE is used to describe actions that began and were completed at a DEFINITE time in the PAST
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Conjugating Regular Verbs in Preterite
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Notice the NOSOTROS form is the same as PRESENT TENSE in -AR and -IR Verbs?
How will we know the difference? Context!
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What about stem-changers?
Verbs that change in the stem in PRESENT tense that we've learned do NOT stem change in preterite form.
Generalmente, yo me acuesto a las nueve de la noche, pero ayer yo me acosté a las once.
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-Car, -Gar, -Zar
Verbs that end in CAR, GAR, or ZAR all have a unique spell change in the YO form for the preterite tense.
PRACTICAR - QUÉ - Yo PRACTIQUÉ = I practiced
JUGAR - GUÉ - Yo JUGUÉ = I played
ALMORZAR - CÉ - Yo ALMORCÉ = I ate lunch
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Vamos a practicar...
...Elena is writing a letter to her grandmother. Choose the correct form the verb for each in the PRETERITE form
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Multiple Choice
¡Querida abuelita! Hace tres años, yo _______ (recibir) el cupón de regalo...
recibo
recibiste
recibió
recibí
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Multiple Choice
...que tú me _________ (enviar).
enviaste
envias
envió
envié
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Multiple Choice
Yo _______ (decidir) comprar ropa nueva.
decido
decidimos
decidí
decidió
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Multiple Choice
Yo fui (I went) de compras para algo con mis amigos, pero nosotros no _______ (encontrar) buenas gangas.
encontramos
encontraste
encuentran
encuentramos
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Multiple Choice
Después, nosotros _______ (tomar) el autobús al mercado.
tomimos
tomamos
toman
tomaron
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Multiple Choice
Allí, mi amigo Felipe _____ (escoger) unos pantalones de cuero. ¡Están muy de moda!
escogó
escoge
escogió
escoje
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Multiple Choice
Cúando ellos ______ (llegar) a casa....
llegan
llegaron
llegaste
llegué
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Multiple Choice
...ellos se ______ (probar) los pantalones. Son perfectos. ¡Muchísimas gracias, abuelita!
proban
prueban
probaron
probieron
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Past Tense of Regular Verbs
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