
Spanish AR Verbs in the Preterite Tense
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Spanish AR Verbs in the Preterite Tense
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Preterite Tense?
The preterite tense (we also call it the past tense) is used to express an action that began and ended at a particular time in the past.
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An example in English would be, "I WATCHED the Goonies last weekend."
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Another example in English, "I TRAVELED back in time to November 5, 1955 in a Delorean."
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Preterite
WATCHED is the preterite, or past tense, form of watch
TRAVELED is the preterite, or past tense, form of travel.
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Multiple Choice
The preterite tense refers to the...
Present
Past
Future
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Multiple Choice
The preterite tense is used to refer to ___________ actions in the past
completed
incompleted
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Multiple Choice
How to know when to use the preterite tense?
If it happened long time ago
If it happened many times in the past
If it is happening right now
If it began and ended at a particular time in the past
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Multiple Choice
Which is the correct preterite form in English?
I _____________ this letter two months ago
am writing
write
written
wrote
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Multiple Choice
Which is the correct preterite form in English?
We ___________ London last year
are visit
visits
visited
were visiting
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Preterite Tense Identifiers
There are key words we can look for to help use know we are using the preterite tense...for example:
Ayer, yo hablè con mi hermano.
Yesterday, I talked to my brother.
To the right is a list of helpful words that indicate we are to use the preterite tense.
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Multiple Choice
Yesterday in Spanish
ayer
anoche
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Multiple Choice
Last night in Spanish:
la semana pasada
anoche
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Multiple Choice
Last week in Spanish
la semana pasada
mañana
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Multiple Choice
2 days ago in Spanish:
los dos libros
hace dos dìas
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Preterite AR endings
We follow the same pattern in the preterite as we do for the present tense.
Remember, for AR verbs in the present tense like TALK, LOOK, AND EXPLAIN: O, AS, A, AMOS, AN
It's a 2 step process of removing the AR and the adding the appropriate ending in it's place.
But, the preterite endings are as follows:
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Sample Verb:
HABLAR
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Irregular YO Spellings: car, gar, zar
For verbs ending in -car, change to -què: Marcar -> marquè
For verbs ending in -gar, change to -guè: Pagar -> paguè
For verbs ending in -zar, change to -cè: Lanzar -> lancè
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate gritar (yo)
grito
gritas
grite
grité
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate besar (mi primo)
beso
besó
besa
besaste
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate caminar (Uds.)
caminas
caminan
caminaron
camináis
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate ganar (nosotros)
ganais
ganamos
ganaron
ganámos
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate trabajar (yo)
trabaja
trabajo
trabajá
trabajé
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate cantar (nosotros)
cantais
canté
cantamos
cantaron
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate visitar (yo)
visitaste
visita
visito
visité
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate descansar (ellos)
descansó
descansaron
descansan
descansáis
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Multiple Choice
Conjugate hablar (tú)
hablas
habló
hablaste
hablais
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Fill in the Blanks
Fill in the blank: (hablar)
Yo
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
Fill in the blank: (caminar)
Gustavo
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
Fill in the blank: (mirar)
Ellos
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
Fill in the blank: (hablar)
Nosotros
Type answer...
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