Ser & Estar
State the acronym to remember when to use the verbs ser and estar
What is DOCTOR LEV (ser) and PLACE (estar)?
Give the preterite.
Yo (buscar) mis llaves por 2 horas y (llegar) tarde a la escuela otra vez.
What are busqué and llegué?
Give the endings for the very irregular preterite.
What are e, iste, o, imos, ieron (eron for J group)?
Give the English translation.
Nosotros siempre escuchábamos música en clase.
What is "We always listened (or used to listen) to music in class"?
Name the tense:
duerme
What is present tense?
Give the present tense form of the correct verb.
Ana (ser/estar) de Colombia pero ahora (ser/estar) en Venezuela.
What are es and está?
Give the preterite tense of the verb.
El periodista no (leer) su artículo.
What is leyó?
Give the irregular preterite stems for these verbs:
poder, poner, querer, hacer
What are pud, pus, quis and hic/hizo?
Give the English translation.
Mi abuelo iba al parque mucho cuando era niño.
What is "My grandfather always went to the park when he was a child"?
Name the tense.
veía
What is imperfect?
Give the present tense of the correct verb.
Los niños (ser/estar) comiendo en la cocina.
What is están?
Give the regular -AR and -ER/-IR preterite endings.
What are é, aste, ó, amos, aron and í, iste, ió, imos, ieron?
Give the irregular preterite stems for these verbs:
decir, traer, estar, tener
What are dij, traj, estuv, tuv?
Give the English translation.
Preparé la cena, lavé los platos y me acosté.
What is "I prepared dinner, washed the dishes and I went to bed"?
Name the tense:
anduvo
What is preterite?
Give the present tense form of the appropriate verb.
Los plátanos (ser/estar) verdes. No debes comerlos.
What is están?
Give the 5 forms of ser and ir in the preterite.
What are fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron?
Give the él/ella/Ud. for of the following verbs:
leer oír creer
What are leyó, oyó and creyó?
Give the Spanish translation.
He used to swim a lot.
What is "Nadaba mucho"?
Name the tense:
prefirió
What is preterite
Give the present tense form of the appropriate verb.
Las audiciones (ser/estar) en el auditorio a las ocho.
What is son?
Give the yo and él/ella/Ud. form of dar in the preterite.
What are di and dio?
Give one trigger word for the preterite.
What is...(answer may include) ayer, anoche, anteayer, la semana pasada, etc.?
Give the Spanish translation.
I would eat Cheerios every morning.
What is "Comía Cheerios todas las mañanas"?
Name the tense:
prefería
What is imperfect?