Regular Preterite
Irregular Stems
Irregular Verbs
Meaning Changes
Spellstem change
100
Yo____________ (hablar) con mi madre ayer.
What is hablé?
100
This is the irregular stem for traer.
What is traj-?
100
These two verbs are twins in the preterite, but one means to go and the other means to be.
What are ser and ir?
100
This verb means "managed (to do something)" or "failed" in the preterite.
What is poder? $50 extra": What is its irregular stem?
100
What are the three irregular spell changes for -car, -gar, and -zar.
What are -qué (car), gué (gar), and cé (zar)? $50 extra: Conjugate buscar, pagar, and empezar in the yo form (preterite).
200
El muchacho _____________ (comer) el sándwich.
What is comió?
200
This is the irregular stem for poner.
What is pus-?
200
Nosotros le _____________ (dar) el regalo.
What is dimos?
200
This verb means "regretted" in the preterite.
What is sentir?
200
Ella _____________ (construir) el castillo de arena.
What is construyó?
300
Los estudiantes _______________ (salir) la clase.
What is salieron?
300
Name the irregular stems for venir and hacer.
What are vin- and hic-?
300
Ellos ________________ (ver) la tele.
What is vieron?
300
Both "to know" verbs change meaning in the preterite. Which two verbs mean "to know" in the present tense?
What are saber and conocer? $50 extra: What is the irregular stem for saber?
300
Nosotros ____________ (leer) el libro.
What is leímos?
400
Vosotros _____________ (comprar) la ropa.
What is comprasteis?
400
Name the two -uv stems and the verbs that they belong to.
What are tuv- (tener) and estuv- (estar)?
400
Give two reasons dar is considered an irregular verb.
What is "opposite endings" (er/ir instead of ar) and "no accents."
400
What verb means "tried to" or "refused" in the preterite?
What is querer? $50 extra: What is the irregular stem for querer?
400
Mi amigo _____________ (pedir) la pizza.
What is pidió?
500
Mis amigas y yo ____________ (escribir) los apuntes.
What is escribimos?
500
Name the kind of verb that has a j-stem. **Remember the rule.** (Not decir or traer)
What is -ucir verbs?
500
Translate this sentence: Nosotros fuimos a la escuela y los estudiantes allí no fueron altos.
What is "We went to school, and the students there were not tall."
500
What are the preterite meanings of saber and conocer?
What are "found out" (saber) and "met" (conocer)?
500
Ellos se _____________ (dormir) a las nueve.
What is durmieron?
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