The PAST Tense in Spanish There are 2 slide shows here

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1 The PAST Tense in Spanish There are 2 slide shows here
1) Past tense for IRREGULAR verbs 2) Past tense for all other verbs (REGULAR)

2 Irregular Preterite Verbs

3 Irregular Preterite Verbs
There is a whole set of irregular preterite verbs. These verbs have NO ACCENTS! The endings for irregular preterite verbs are: e, iste, o, imos, isteis, ieron

4 TENER- to have tuve tuviste tuvo tuvimos tuvieron

5 ANDAR- to stroll, walk anduve anduviste anduvo anduvimos anduvieron

6 ESTAR- to be (temporary (temporary)
estuve estuviste estuvo estuvimos estuvieron

7 PODER-can PONER-put pude puse pudiste pusiste pudo puso pudimos
pudieron puse pusiste puso pusimos pusieron

8 IR-to go SER-to be fui fui fuiste fuiste fue fue fuimos fuimos fueron

9 HACER- to do, make hice hiciste hizo hicimos hicieron

10 SABER-to know facts QUERERto want
supe supiste supo supimos supieron quise quisiste quiso quisimos quisieron

11 VENIR- to come vine viniste vino vinimos vinieron

12 DECIRto say, tell TRAER-to bring
dije dijiste dijo dijimos dijeron traje trajiste trajo trajimos trajeron

13 In order to talk about events in the past, Spanish uses two simple tenses: the preterite and the imperfect. In this lesson, you will learn how to form the preterite tense, which is used to express actions or states completed in the past. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3-1

14 ¡Atención! The yo and Ud./él/ella forms of all three conjugations have written accents on the last syllable to show that it is stressed. The endings for regular -er and -ir verbs are identical in the preterite. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3-2

15 Note that the nosotros/as forms of regular -ar and -ir verbs in the preterite are identical to the present tense forms. Context will help you determine which tense is being used. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3-3

16 -Ar and -er verbs that have a stem change in the present tense are regular in the preterite. They do not have a stem change. ¡Atención! -Ir verbs that have a stem change in the present tense also have a stem change in the preterite. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3-4

17 Verbs that end in -car, -gar, and -zar have a spelling change in the first person singular (yo form) in the preterite. Except for the yo form, all other forms of -car, -gar, and -zar verbs are regular in the preterite. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3-5

18 Three other verbs—creer, leer, and oír—have spelling changes in the preterite. The i of the verb endings of creer, leer, and oír carries an accent in the yo, tú, nosotros/as, and vosotros/as forms, and changes to y in the Ud./él/ella and Uds./ellos/ellas forms. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3-6

19 Ver is regular in the preterite, but none of its forms has an accent.
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20 ellas ______ ______ ______ ______ tú ______ ______ ______ ______
Provide the appropriate preterite forms of the verbs. The first item in each column has been done for you. ellas ______ ______ ______ ______ tú ______ ______ ______ ______ usted ______ ______ ______ ______ nosotros ______ ______ ______ ______ yo ______ ______ ______ ______ comer salir comenzar leer comieron salieron comenzaron leyeron Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3-8