Spanish 3 All preterite Review

The Preterite Tense

Regular and Irregular Verbs

Regular Preterite Conjugation

Hablar

Comer

Abrir

Hablé

Comí

Abrí

Hablaste

Comiste

Abriste

Habló

Comió

Abrió

Hablamos

Comimos Abrimos

Hablaron

Comieron Abrieron

-car, -gar, -zar verbs

In the yo form only of the preterite, make the following changes.

-car the c changes to qu tocar = yo toqué
-gar the g changes to gu jugar = jugué
-zar the z changes to c comenzar = comencé

I- Stem Preterites

The Infinitives:

Querer – to want
Venir – to come
Hacer – To make/do

The irregular preterite
Stems:

Quis-
Vin-
Hic- (Hiz- for 3rd person
singular)

Multiple Choice

He made

• hice

• hizo

• hico

U – Stem Preterites

The Infinitives:

Estar – to be
Andar – to walk
Tener – to have
Poner – to put
Poder – to be able
Saber – to find out*
*In the present tense
this verb means to know

The irregular preterite stems

Estuv-
Anduv-
Tuv-
Pus-
Pud-
Sup-

Any verb that has “tener” as part of the infinitive would be a u-stem preterite.
For example: Sostener (to support) and obtener (to obtain)

Multiple Choice

Which of these verbs is NOT a u stem preterite?

• hacer

• estar

• saber

• tener

J – Stem Preterites

The Infinitives:

Traer – to bring
Decir – to say/tell
Conducir – to drive
Traducir – to translate
(Any infinitive ending in

–cir would follow the
pattern of traducir
and conducir.)

The irregular preterite

stems:

Traj-
Dij-
Conduj-
Traduj-

The Preterite Endings for I, U, and

J Stem Preterites

The preterite endings for I, U, and J stem preterites

are the same. There are NO accents on these
endings.

Yo – e

Nosotros(as) - imos

Tú – iste
Él, Ella, Ud.- o

Ellos, Ellas, Uds. – ieron*

*For the j stems only this
ending is just –eron.

How would you conjugate…?

Tener:

Tuve
Tuviste
Tuvo
Tuvimos
Tuvieron

Decir:

Dije
Dijiste
Dijo
Dijimos
Dijeron

Ir and Ser

Ir and ser have the

same conjugation in
the preterite:

Yo fui
Tú fuiste
Él, Ella, Ud. fue

Nosotros(as) fuimos

Ellos, Ellas, Uds. fueron

Dar – to give

Dar is conjugated with

–er/-ir endings rather
than –ar endings.
There are no accents.

Yo di
Tú diste
Él, Ella, Ud. dio

Nosotros(as) dimos

Ellos, Ellas, Uds. dieron

Slipper Verbs

Verbs that end in –eer, -aer, -uir,

and the verb oir (to hear)

These verbs will have a “y” instead of an

“I” for the 3rd person endings. There
will also be an accent on the tú and
nosotros forms.

Leer- to read

Caer – to fall

Leí

Leímos

Caí

Caímos

Leíste

Caíste

Leyó

Leyeron

Cayó

Cayeron

Construir – to construct

Construí Construímos
Construíste
Construyo Construyeron

Oir – to hear

Oí

Oímos

Oíste
Oyó

Oyeron

Stem Changing Verbs

Verbs that end in –ar or –er DO NOT

make stem changes in any form in the preterite.

Verbs that end in –ir make a stem change

only in the 3rd person preterite forms
(él, ella, Ud. and ellos, ellas, Uds.). For
e-ie verbs and e-i verbs the e changes
to i. For o-ue verbs the o changes to u.

Examples of –ir Stem Changing Verbs

Dormir (o-ue) – to sleep

Dormí Dormimos
Dormiste
Durmió

Durmieron

Servir (e-i) – to serve
Serví

Servimos

Serviste
Sirvió

Sirvieron

Preferir (e-ie)– to prefer

Preferí Preferimos
Preferiste
Prefirió

Prefirieron

Vestirse (e-i) – to get dressed
Me vestí

Nos vestimos

Te vestiste
Se vistió

Se vistieron

Multiple Choice

They told =

• digeron

• dijeron

• dijieron

Multiple Choice

He read =

• leé

• leí

• leyó

Categorize

Options (15)

traer

conducir

decir

traducir

saber

tener

estar

andar

hacer

querer

venir

dormir

leer

creer

oir

Organize these options into the right categories

J stem verbs

u stem verbs

i stem verbs

slipper verbs