Common Knowledge
El pretérito is used to express actions/events in the ______.
past
Ella escribó
Incorrect
escribió
él habló
he talked
She ate
Ella comió
She saw her aunt yesterday.
Ella __________ a su tía _____________.
vio - ayer
Which preterito form is the same in present?
nosotros
Nosotros juguemos
Incorrect
jugamos
Los medicos trabajaron
The doctors worked
They went
Ellos fueron
The war ended five years ago.
La guerra terminó ___________.
hace cinco años
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