The preterite tense. When it's used The preterite is used for actions that can be viewed as single events that occurred in the past. Ella caminó por el.

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1 The preterite tense

2 When it's used The preterite is used for actions that can be viewed as single events that occurred in the past. Ella caminó por el parque. She walked through the park. Ellos llegaron a las ocho. They arrived at eight o'clock.

3 When it's used The preterite is used to state the beginning or the end of an action. Empezó a nevar a las ocho de la mañana. It began to snow at eight in the morning.

4 General rule for using the preterite: The preterite is used for past actions that are seen as completed.

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6 How to form it To conjugate regular –er/ir verbs in the preterite, simply drop the ending (-er/ir) and add one of the following: í iste ióieron imoscom viv

7 Stemchanges -ar and -er verbs that change their stem in the present tense do not change in the preterite. They are conjugated just like other regular preterite verbs.

8 ER/IR Sandal or Pancake verbs Seguir sigoseguimos sigues siguesiguen

9 en el pretérito seguíseguimos seguiste siguiósiguen

10 Competir en el presente compitocompetimos compites compitecompiten

11 Competir En el pretérito competícompetimos competiste compitiócompitieron

12 Dormir en el presente duermedormimos duermes duermeduermen

13 Dormir en el pretérito dormídormimos dormiste durmiódurmieron

14 Dialog: en pareja 3 preguntas usando el pretérito usando verbs differentes de memoria, NO PUEDES LEER. Por Lunes