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To talk about the past, Spanish uses two simple tenses: the imperfect and the preterite. In this lesson, you will learn how to form the preterite tense, which is used to express actions or states completed in the past. _______ _______ ________ Accents on 1st & 3rd singular: yo/ud/el/ella. Endings for –er & -ir are identical. Endings: é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron. Í, iste,

2 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. ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

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-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. ________ _________ _____ __    cerrar-to close Cerré cerramos Cerraste cerrasteis cerró cerraron volver- to return volví volvimos volviste Volvisteis volvió volvieron jugar-to play jugué jugamos ´jugaste Jugasteis jugó Jugaron

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Sandalias!!! ¡Atención! -ir verbs that have a stem change in the present tense also have a stem change in the preterite. Stem change only in 3rd person. __ _________ ___ _________ dormir (ou)- dormí dormimos dormiste dormisteis durmió durmieron servir(ei)- Serví Servimos Serviste Servisteis Sirvió sirvieron pedir(ei)- Pedí Pedimos Pediste Pedisteis Pidió pidieron ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Verbs that end in -car, -gar, and -zar have a spelling change in the first person singular (yo form). _____________ Except for the yo form, all other forms of -car, -gar, and -zar verbs are regular in the preterite. __ _____ ___ ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

6 llegar- Llegué llegamos llegaste llegasteis llegó llegaron practicar-
practiqué almorzar- almorcé pagar- pagué tocar- toqué comenzar- comencé ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

7 creer, leer, and oír also have spelling changes in the preterite
creer, leer, and oír also have spelling changes in the preterite. The i changes to y in the Ud./él/ella and Uds./ellos/ellas forms. oír- Oí Oímos Oíste Oísteis Oyó oyeron creer- Creí Creímos Creíste Creísteis Creyó creyeron leer- Leí Leímos Leíste Leísteis Leyó leyeron Accent in yo/tu/nosotros/vosotros. iy in 3rd person sing & plural ver- Vi Vimos Viste Visteis vio vieron ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

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9 Acabar de + [infinitive] is used to say that something has just occurred. Note that acabar is in the present tense in this construction. _____ acabar(present)- Acabo Acabamos Acabas Acabáis acaba acaban acabar(preterite)- Acabé acabamos Acabaste acabasteis acabó acabaron ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

10 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 ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.