Irregular Preterite (i)

UV

100

Tener tú

tuves

200

Estar yo

estuve

300

andar nosotros

anduvimos

400

estar vosotros

estuvisteis

500

mantener ella

mantuvo

J

100

decir tú

dijiste

200

traer ellos

trajeron

300

producir usted

produjo

400

conducir yo

conduje

500

traducir vosotros

tradujisteis

Crazy

100

ser yo

fui

200

poner ustedes

pusieron

300

ir él

fue

400

poner and poder nosotrots

pusimos y pudimos

500

hacer ustedes

hicimos

Crazy II

100

ir yo

fui

200

poder ustedes

pudieron

300

ser ellos

fueron

400

hacer él

hizo

500

DAILY DOUBLE. There are 6 crazy verbs left we have yet to talk about. Conjugate 2 of these in the yo form in the preterite. See if you can figured them out based on the other verbs we have talked about. 

saber, caber, dar, ir, querer, and venir 

supe, cupe, di, vi, quise, vine 

Questions

100

True or false: 

In the irregular preterite, you may find accents to distinguish the word from other words spelled the same way. 

FALSE. NO ACCENTS IN THE PRETERITE  OKAY????????

200

Would manejar be considered a "j" verb in the preterite? Explain. Your reasoning could win you the points. 

No. J verbs are a category of the irregular preterite where you add a j to a verb that doesn't already have one. Manejar is conjugated regularly in the preterite so it cannot belong to an irregular category. 

300

Poder and poner are paired together because of a specific reason. (You will find that these verbs are paired together in other tenses too.) Anyways, explain this reason. 

Only a single letter separates their conjugation. ¨s΅ for poner and "d" for poder

400

Name all 5 crazy verbs we've talked about so far. 

Ir, Ser, Hacer, Poner, Poder

500

What is wrong with this answer: 

Trabajar yo -->  trabaje

It should have an accent. It's a regular verb in the preterite, and the yo form of ar verbs is é.

Potpourri

100

In Mexico's fight for independence, who did they have to defeat to gain it? 

Spain

200

What is the largest island in the world? 

Greenland

300

What is the only city in the U.S. in which all of their big 4 sports teams have the same colors? 

Pittsburgh

400

This popular sitcom was originally named insomnia cafe due to one of the most common settings of the show. Name that show. 

Friends

500

It is estimated that between 250,000 and 300,000 people die worldwide every year from the deadly chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide. What is its more common name? 

Water