-AR Regular
ER/IR Regular
Uses of the preterite
Car Gar Zar
Preterite key words
100
What is the tú form of regalar?
Regalaste
100
What is the nosotros form of beber?
bebimos
100

The preterite is like using the ______ ending in English.

-ed

100
Almorzar (yo)
almorcé
100
What is the word for last night?
Anoche
200
What is the yo form of esperar?
Esperé
200
Juan ______ (escribir) una carta anoche.
escribió
200

What is the MAIN use of the preterite tense?

Completed Past Action

200
Jugar (ella)
jugó
200
¿Cómo se dice ayer en inglés?
Yesterday
300
Las clases _______ (mirar) cuando Felipe ____(estudiar)
miraron, estudió
300
Tú (correr)
corriste
300

Write the following in the preterite tense.

I paid for the shirt with a gift card.

Yo pague' la camisa con una tarjeta de regalo.

300
Tocar (Ellos)
Tocaron
300

How would you say 'last summer' in Spanish?

el verano pasado

400

What are the correct endings for -ar verbs in the preterite?

é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron

400
Nosotros (comer) Yo (vivir)
comimos, viví
400

Besides completed past actions what are the three other uses for the preterite tense?

Beginning or end of past action

Series of events in the past

Interrupting past action

400
When are -car, -gar, -zar verbs conjugated differently that -ar regular verbs in the preterite?
In the yo form
400

Which clue word indicates that an action is going to interrupt another action

cuando

500
Viajar (Uds.)
Viajaron
500

What are the endings for regular er or ir verbs?

í, iste, ió, imos, isteis, ieron

500

Which use of the preterite is evident in the following sentences.

Primero nos levantamos y nos cepillamos los dientes.  Luego, nos duchamos y nos vestimos antes de irnos.

series of actions/events in the past

500

Conjugate and define pagar in the preterite tense

pagué, pagaste, pagó, pagamos, pagasteis, pagaron

definition - to pay/paid

500

How do you say last Christmas in Spanish?

La Navidad pasada

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