Common Knowledge
El Preterito tense is used to express the ______.
past
Ella escribó
Incorrect
escribió
él habló
he talked
She needed
Ella necesitó
Yesterday she called her aunt.
Ella _____ su tía _______.
llamó - ayer
Which preterito form is the same in present?
nosotros
Nosotros juguemos
Incorrect
jugamos
Los medicos trabajaron
The doctors worked
They attended
Ellos asistieron
The war ended a long time ago.
La guerra terminó ___________.
hace mucho tiempo
Which two forms in preterito regular have accents?
yo and el/ella/ud
Yo empecé
Correct
Yo llegué
I arrived
We arrived
Nosotros llegamos
They played tennis last week.
Ellos _________ el tenis ______.
jugaron - la semana pasada
True or False: El Preterito is used to express habitual or ongoing actions of the past.
False
Usted busqué
Incorrect buscó
Escuchaste?
Did you listen?
You didn't travel
Tu no viajaste
We talked the other day.
Nosotros __________ ________.
hablamos - el otro día
True or False: The sentence below would be written in Preterito.
My little brother fell off his bike yesterday.
True
Ellos viviaron
Incorrect vivieron
Ustedes no terminaron
You didn't finish
Y'all, You all, You guys...
I looked for
Yo busqué
I arrived late to the theater once.
Yo _____ tarde al teatro _____.
llegué - una vez