SP2-Leccion de Preterito.

El pretérito
The Preterite

El pasado

Multiple Choice

Como se llama el topic of this presentation?

• Presente

• Futuro

• Preterito

• Pretending

What is the preterite?

� A past tense in Spanish

� A tense with many irregular verbs

� Used to express an action that began and

ended at a specific time in the past.

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What is the preterite?​

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a past tense in Spanish

A type of fruit

A style of painting

A modern dance form

a tense in the present

a tense in the future

Key terms for the preterite tense

Ayer= Yesterday

� Anteayer = The day before yesterday

� Anoche = last night

� La semana pasada = last week

More key terms

� El mes pasado = last month

� El año pasado = last year

� Ayer por la mañana

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Key terms for PRETERITE TENSE

• la semana pasada

• ayer

• anteayer

• anoche

• mañana

​Regular –AR Verbs in the Preterite

​To conjugate:

• Drop the –ar

• Add on the appropriate endings

� To conjugate:

The preterite

� Yo hablé con mis amigos ayer.

Nosotros hablamos de la escuela y de los
amigos. Rita me explicó que ella fue al
cine con Jorge. Ellos fueron a comer en
Cheeseckae Factory.
Jorge pagó todo, los tickets, las comidas,
y los postres. Sandra pasó la tarde en la
playa con su familia.

¿Y tú, que hiciste ayer?

Hablar = spoke; talked

yo hablé

Nosotros hablamos

Tú hablaste

él,
Ella, habló
Ud.

ellos,
ellas, hablaron
Uds.

Which ending is the same in the

present tense?

Nosotros

How will you tell the difference between the
present and the preterite for the nosotros

form?

� Context

Multiple Choice

How will you tell the difference between the
present and the preterite for the nosotros form?

• context

• by learning to speak French

• Because is different

• by learning to sing like Sr. Campos

Be careful!

� Yo and él, ella, Ud forms have

ACCENTS!!!

Interesting note…

� The “yo” form in the present tense takes

an “o” as its’ ending without an accent
mark and the él, ella Ud form ending for
the preterite tense is “ó” (o with an
accent).

� Therefore, be careful, because the accent

mark changes the meaning of the
sentence.

Examples:

Present Tense
Hablo por teléfono.
I speak on the
telephone.

Preterite Tense
Habló por teléfono.
He/ She/ You (formal)
spoke on the telephone.

Two verbs with the same
conjugations you say???

� Which two?

● Ser

● Ir

Isn’t there anything different

between the two verbs?

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Which verbs are the same in preterite tense?

• IR

• SER

• LEER

• COMPRAR

• V

How will I know which is

which?

� So glad you wanted to know…

● Context

• Read the sentence for clues
• Translate and substitute each verb meaning in and

see which one makes sense

What about regular –er and –ir

verbs?

� So glad you asked

● They are so cool!

• They have the exact same endings!!!

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Which verbs have the same endings?

• -ER

• -IR

• -AR

• -ING

• ALL OF THEM

What about the nosotros form?

� -ER and -IR preterite endings are the

same even for the nosotros form

Do any of the forms have

accents??

What are the endings for regular
-er AND–ir verbs in the preterite!!

� Examples:

-í

-imos

-iste

-ió

-ieron

​Ejemplos de enunciados en preterito

• Los muchachos estudiaron para el examen de Matemáticas.

• Senor Campos habló con los estudiantes de español.

• Los jugadores de futbol jugaron un partido importane.

• Maria y Juan fueron a la playa ayer.

• Luis, Miguel y Andrea fueron al cine a ver Bettlejuice.

• Ellos se alojaron en un hotel muy bonito en Francia.

• Yo comi una hamburguesa el fin de semana pasado.

• Mi padre conoció a mi madre en Madrid.

• Juan se enojo mucho con sus amigos.

• Maria descubrio un cafe muy bonito en Seoul.

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Reorder the following

• Los estudiantes

• estudiaron

• matematicas

• en

• la escuela

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Yo

• fui

• al cine

• con

• mis amigos

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5