El Preterito

El Pretérito

By Ariadna SalazarLarramendi

​Let's begin with Tenses

What is Tense? ​

Tense is grammar term ​used to indicate whether the sentence (verb) is action in the present, past or future.

Subject | Subject

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​Tenses

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​Tenses

Everything we have done in class up until this point ​have been in the Present Tense.

Subject | Subject

​Present Tense

Subject | Subject

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​Present Tense

Subject | Subject

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Multiple Choice

In grammar "Tenses" refer to

• The time period in which the action (verb) takes place.

• The rules of Conjugation.

• The subject of the sentence.

• I have no idea.

Multiple Select

Examples of Tenses are : (select all that apply)

• present, past and future

• the endings for each subject pronoun

• I go, I went, I will go

Let's talk about Past tense​

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Simple past in English ​

In English we use the simple past to talk about a completed action that happened in a time before now (in the past).

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We form the Simple past in English ​by adding -ED to the verb.

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In Spanish to talk about actions that happened in the past we use two ​past tense: El Pretérito and El Imperfecto.

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Past tense in Spanish. ​

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In this Unit we are only going to talk about El Pretérito. ​

​El Pretérito

• El Pretérito is similar to the English Simple past.

• El Pretérito​ is used to talk about completed past actions.

• Just like in the Present tense, we must conjugate the verbs ​in the Preterite in order for the verb to agree with the subject.

Subject | Subject

​To conjugate Regular verbs n the Preterite tense, we are basically doing the same steps for conjugating verbs in the Present tense. The only difference, is that for the Preterite we need to learn a new set of endings.

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​Pause, and take note of the endings.

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Multiple Choice

Choose the Correct Preterite verb endings below:

• e, aste, o, amos, asteís, aron

• é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron

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Yo hablé.

• I spoke.

• You spoke.

• He spoke

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Él habló.

• I spoke.

• You spoke.

• He spoke.

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Tú hablaste.

• I spoke.

• You spoke.

• He spoke.

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I spoke to my mom about the dress for the prom.

Here "spoke" means the situation is in the present tense.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Ayer yo (comer) _______ una ensalada.

• comí

• comiste

• comió

• comieron

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Anoche ellos (trabajar) ______ hasta muy tarde.

• trabajé

• trabajaste

• trabajaron

• trabajamos

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¿Tú (estudiar) _____ para el examen?

• estudié

• estudió

• estudiaste

• estudamos

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Ella (correr) ______ para coger el autobús.

• corrí

• corriste

• corrieron

• corrió

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Anoche los muchachos (beber) ______ unos refrescos.

• bebiste

• bebieron

• bebí

• bebimos