_______ _______ ________ 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,

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.

   ________ _________ _____ __ -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

_________ __ ___ _________ 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.

_____________ __ _____ ___ 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.

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.

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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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.

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.