
Preterite tense of -ar verbs
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Daphne Tsamouras
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Match
Warm up:
Match the following words to the sentences they belong in.
la mano
los ojos
las piernas
el estómago
la piel
No quiero escribir. Me duele _______.
¿Por qué no quieres leer? ¿Te duelen _____?
Marta no quiere correr. Le duelen ______.
Papá no quiere correr le duele______.
No queremos tomar el sol. Nos duele ______.
No quiero escribir. Me duele _______.
¿Por qué no quieres leer? ¿Te duelen _____?
Marta no quiere correr. Le duelen ______.
Papá no quiere correr le duele______.
No queremos tomar el sol. Nos duele ______.
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The preterite is a tense used to express an action completed at a definite time in the past. This tense is usually referred to as the past tense in English. In English, regular verbs in the past tense end in -ed.
Ejemplo:
You lifted weights yesterday. Usted levantó pesas ayer.
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You use the preterite tense to talk about actions completed in the past. So far we've only done present tense verb conjugations. Let's see how our past tense is different
Preterite | -ar verbs |
|---|---|
-é | -amos |
-aste | |
-ó | -aron |
-ó | -aron |
¡Ojo! Notice that the yo and el/ella/usted forms have an accent over the final vowel
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To form the preterite of a regular -ar verb, add the appropriate preterite ending to the verb's stem.
Nadar | to swim |
|---|---|
nadé | nadamos |
nadaste | x |
nadó | nadaron |
nadó | nadaron |
Notice that the nosotros form is the same in the preterite tense as in the present tense.
Use the context of the sentence to determine the tense of the verb:
Caminamos en la playa anoche
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Multiple Choice
Andrea _______ (invitar) a sus amigos a la playa.
invitó
invité
invitaron
invita
invitamos
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Multiple Choice
Los amigos de Andrea _______ (nadar) todo el día.
nadó
nadé
nadaron
nadaste
nadamos
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Multiple Choice
Andrea y yo _______ (hablar) de los chicos en la clase.
habló
hablé
hablaron
hablaste
hablamos
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Multiple Choice
Andrea y tú _______ (llevar) unos sombreros muy grandes.
llevó
llevé
llevaron
llevaste
llevamos
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Multiple Choice
¿Tú _______ (ayudar) a Andrea a bucear?
ayudó
ayudé
ayudaron
ayudaste
ayudamos
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Multiple Choice
Andrea _______ (comenzar) a levantar pesas
comenzó
comenzé
comenzaron
comenzaste
comenzamos
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