Spanish Grammar Review

Flashcards for vocabulary and grammar review.

este suéter

this sweater

esos vestidos

those dresses

esa chaqueta

that jacket

compré

yo, comprar

miraste

tú, mirar

habló

ella, hablar

preparamos

nosotros, preparar

compraron

ellos, comprar

c → qu (ex: buscar → busqué)

Spelling change in -CAR verbs in the “yo” preterite form

g → gu (ex: pagar → pagué)

Spelling change in -GAR verbs in the “yo” preterite form

jugué

yo, jugar

No, they don’t change in the preterite for -ar verbs.

Do stem-changers like jugar change in the preterite?

vi, viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron (no accents!)

ver (to see)

fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron

ir (to go)

They have the exact same forms — use context to tell them apart.

Trick with ir and ser in preterite

It tells who or what receives the action of the verb.

What a direct object does in a sentence

No, no la tengo.

Replace with a direct object pronoun: ¿Tienes mi pulsera?

No, no los tengo.

Replace with a direct object pronoun: ¿Tienes mis anillos?

It goes before the conjugated verb. (Ex: Lo tengo.)

Where the direct object pronoun goes in a sentence with just a conjugated verb

Before the conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive. Example: Lo quiero comprar OR Quiero comprarlo

Where the pronoun can go when there's an infinitive verb