El Pretérito

Why do we use the preterite tense?

• to talk about something we are doing right now

• to tell someone what to do

• to talk about something we did more than once in the past

• to talk about something we did once in the past

What regular preterite tense form or forms have accents?

• all of the forms have accents

• yo & él, ella, Ud.

• none of the forms have accents

• nosotros

What irregular preterite tense form or forms have accents?

• all of the forms have accents

• yo & él, ella, Ud.

• none of the forms have accents

• nosotros

Verbs that end in -car, -gar, and -zar have a spelling change in what form or forms in the preterite?

• only the yo form

• all forms change

• él, ella, Ud. & ellos, ellas, Uds.

• nosotros

What kinds of verbs stem-change in the preterite?

• -ar verbs

• -er verbs

• -ir verbs

What forms change in a preterite -ir stem-changing verb? Check all that apply.

• all but nosotros and vosotros

• yo

• él, ella, Ud.

• ellos, ellas, Uds.

What does the o in the stem of an -ir stem-changing verb change to in the preterite?

• u

• ue

• i

• ie

What does the e in the stem of an -ir stem-changing verb change to in the preterite?

• ie

• i

• u

• ue

Yo (mirar) mi programa de televisión favorito en la tele anoche.

• miro

• miré

• mirí

• miró

Javier (correr) por el parque esta mañana.

• corré

• corrió

• corró

• corrí