Regular Verbs
I ran (correr)
Corrí
You went (formal) -ir
fue
the preterite tense is used to do what?
talk about past events
I played (jugar)
jugué
He lived (vivir)
vivió
Are stem-changing verbs in the present also stem- changers in the preterite?
no
I searched for (buscar)
busqué
They spoke (hablar)
hablaron
I gave (dar)
di
What forms have accents in the preterite tense?
yo and él/ella,
they knew (saber)
supieron
What are the three types of verbs that have spelling changes in the yo form?
-gar, -car, -zar
You wrote (escribir)
escribiste or escribió
We saw (ver)
vimos
Which verb types share the same endings in the preterite?
-ER and -IR
I brought (traer)
traje
I ate lunch (almorzar)
almorcé
Y'all sang (cantar)
Cantasteis
you (all) saw (ver) - formal
vieron
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
which two verbs share the same conjugations in the preterite?
Ser and Ir
they did (hacer)
hicieron
y'all started (empezar)
empezasteis