Translation
Conjugation
Rules of the Preterite
Time expressions
Challenge
100

I ate

Yo comí

100

Tú (abrir)

abriste

100

Ending for AR verbs for Yo

é

100

Anoche

Last night

100

I bought a book.

Yo compré un libro.

200

You (inf) spoke

Tú hablaste

200

Yo (leer)

Leí

200

When do you use the preterite?

Completed past actions

200

Yesterday

Ayer

200

You (inf) danced at the party.

Tú bailaste en la fiesta.

300

We lived

Yo vivimos

300
Ella (cocinar)

cocinó

300

What subject makes CAR, GAR, ZAR verbs irregular?

Yo

300

La semana pasada

Last week

300

She opened the door.

Ella abrió la puerta.

400

They wrote

Ellos escribieron

400

Nosotros (nadar)

nadamos

400

When would I change an I to a Y?

When there are 3 vowels in a row

400

Last year

El año pasado

400

We studied for the exam.

Nosotros estudiamos para el examen.

500

She scuba dived

Ella buceó

500

Ellos (viajar)

viajaron

500

When do stem changes take place in the preterite?

In the 3rd person

500
Una vez

One time

500

They swam in the ocean.

Ellos nadaron en el mar.