preterite tense of regular verbs

What simple tenses does Spanish use to talk about events in the past?

• The future and the conditional

• The preterite and the imperfect

• The present and the future

• The subjunctive and the imperative

What is the past tense used for?

• To express habitual actions in the past

• To express actions or states in the future

• To express completed actions or states in the past

• To express wishes

What are the preterite endings for regular -ar verbs?

• -ía, -ías, -ía

• -aba, -abas, -aba

• -í, -iste, -ió

• -é, -aste, -ó

What spelling change occurs in verbs that end in -car, -gar, and -zar in the first person singular in the preterite tense?

• Change c to qu, g to gu, and z to c

• The last letter is doubled

• There is no change

• An h is added at the end

What are the preterite endings for regular verbs -er and -ir?

• -í, -iste, -ió

• -í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron

• -é, -aste, -ó

• -emos, -éis, -en

¿Qué palabras se usan comúnmente con el tiempo pretérito?

• Ayer, mañana, siempre

• Hoy, ahora, a menudo

• Anoche, anteayer, ya

• Siempre, todos los días, frecuentemente