Preterite

Convert to Preterite

100

Yo busco

Yo busque

200

Tu llegas

Tu llegaste

300

Nosotros lloramos

Nosotros lloramos

400

Ella ve

Ella vio

500

Ellos creen

Ellos creyeron

-Zar/-Gar/-Car in Yo-form

100

Buscar

Busque

200

Llegar

Llegue

300

Cozar

Coce

400

Tocar

Toque

500

Cenar

Cene

Translate

100

Yo busque para mis llaves ayer.

I looked for my keys yesterday.

200

El toque su guitarra en su concierto. 

He played his guitar at his concert. 

300

Nosotros llegamos al la restaurante anoche.

We arrived at the restaurant last night. 

400

Tu me dijiste que soy bonita. 

You told me that I am pretty.

500

Tu mataste el mosca para sus pecados.

You killed the fly for its sins.

Guess the Subject

100

(___) Llegamos

Nosotros

200

(___) Almorzo

El/Ella/Usted

300

(___) Cante

Yo

400

(___) Dijiste

Tu

500

(___) Leyeron

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes

Miscellaneous

100

True or False:

-Zar/-Car/-Gar suffixes in the Yo-forms do NOT change.

False

200

True or False:

Preterite in the Nosotros-form are the same as in the present-tense form with -AR verbs.

True

300

True of False: 

Preterite is another term for past-tense.

True

400

Why do the suffixes in -Zar/-Car/-Gar change?

So the endings of the Yo-forms do not create any sounds that they are not supposed to make. 

500

What are all of the suffixes of (most of the) preterite -AR verbs?

-e

-aste

-o

-amos

-aiste

-aron