El Pretérito

AR congugations for regular verbs in the preterite

• é

• aste

• ó

• amos

• aron

ER congugations for regular verbs in the preterite

• í

• iste

• ió

• imos

• ieron

  (ER verbs)

IR congugations for regular verbs in the preterite

• í

• iste

• ió

• imos

• ieron

  (IR verbs)

In verbs ending in car-gar-zar, only ___ form is irregular.

yo

Car (in yo form) -

qué

Gar (in yo form)-

gué

Zar (in yo form)-

cé

For verbs ending in ___,___,___. and the verb ___: change ___>___ in the ___ & ____ forms. All ’the ___’s also have an ____, EXCEPT for words that end in ___.

• aer, eer, uir

• oír

• i , y

• él , ellos

• I

• Accent

• uir

AR verbs & ER verbs do ____ have any stem changes in the preterite.

NOT

Only ___ verbs have stem changes in the preterite (only in the ___ & ___ forms)

• IR

• él & ellos

Preterite forms of super irregular verbs (3)

1. ser

2. dar

3. ver

Ser (yo form) in preterite

fui

Dar (yo form) in preterite

di

Ver (yo form) in preterite

vi

I group (3) & does it have accents?

1. querer

2. venir

3. hacer

   NO ACCENTS

Querer (yo form) in preterite

quise

Venir (yo form) in preterite

vine

Hacer (yo form) in preterite

hice

J Group (4), drop ___ from ____ & does it have accents?

1. traer

2. decir

3. traducir

4. conducir

   drop i from ieron

   NO ACCENTS!

Traer (yo form) in preterite

traje

Decir (yo form) in preterite

dije

Traducir & Conducir (yo forms) in preterite

traduje & conduje

U group (6) & does it have accents?

1. Estar

2. Andar

3. Poder

4. Poner

5. Saber

6. Tener

   NO ACCENTS

Estar (yo form) in preterite

estuve

Andar (yo form) in preterite

anduve

Poder (yo form) in preterite

pude

Poner (yo form) in preterite

puse

Saber (yo form) in preterite

supe

Tener (yo form) in preterite

tuve

Saber meaning in preterite (2)

1. Knew

2. Found out

Key words for the preterite: anoche

Last night

Key words for the preterite: ayer

Yesterday

Key words for the preterite: ayer por la tarde

Yesterday afternoon

Key words for the preterite: anteayer

The day before yesterday

Key words for the preterite: el mes pasado

Last month

Key words for the preterite: la semana pasada

Last week

Key words for the preterite: Hace ___ años

___ years ago.

Key words for the preterite: Hace ___ días

___ days ago.