Spanish Preterite Tense: Regulars, Irregulars, and Stem Changes

Comprehensive fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering preterite indicative regular endings, orthographic spelling changes (-car, -gar, -zar, and i-to-y), -ir stem-changers in the ankle sock, irregular stems, and total irregular verbs.

In the preterite third-person singular, the verb dormir stem-changes to __________.

durmió

In the preterite third-person singular, the verb servir stem-changes to __________.

sirvió

Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have an irregular __________ form with a spelling change.

yo

In the preterite yo form, verbs ending in -car change the ending to __________.

-qué

In the preterite yo form, verbs ending in -gar change the ending to __________.

-gué

In the preterite yo form, verbs ending in -zar change the ending to __________.

-cé

The irregular preterite stem for the verb estar is __________.

estuv-

The irregular preterite stem for the verb tener is __________.

tuv-

The irregular preterite stem for the verb andar is __________.

anduv-

The irregular preterite stem for the verb poder is __________.

pud-

The irregular preterite stem for the verb poner is __________.

pus-

The irregular preterite stem for the verb saber is __________.

sup-

The irregular preterite stem for the verb querer is __________.

quis-

The irregular preterite stem for hacer is hic-, and its third-person singular form is __________.

hizo

The irregular preterite stem for the verb venir is __________.

vin-

The irregular preterite stem for the verb caber is __________.

cup-