PRETERITE (PAST) OF REGULAR “AR”, “ER” AND “IR” VERBS
1-THESE VERBS ARE FORMED BY DROPPING THE INFINITIVE ENDING & ADDING THE APPROPRIATE ENDINGS TO THE STEM/ROOT OF THE VERB. PERSONAL PRONOUN ar (er-ir) ENDINGS YO é í TU aste iste EL ó ió NOS amos imos VOS asteis isteis ELLOS aron ieron
TOMAR VOLVER VIVIR SUBIR VERB CONJUGATE THE FOLLOWING VERBS: COMER: TO EAT, VOLVER: TO RETURN, VIVIR: TO LIVE; AND, SUBIR: TO GO UP TOMAR VOLVER VIVIR SUBIR VERB STEM TOM VOLV VIV SUB ENDINGS YO TOMé VOLVí VIVí SUBí í TU TOMASTE VOLVISTE VIVISTE SUBISTE ISTE EL TOMó VOLVIó VIVIó SUBIó Ió NOS TOMAMOS VOLVIMOS VIVIMOS SUBIMOS IMOS VOS TOMASTEIS VOLVISTEIS VIVISTEIS SUBISTEIS ISTEIS ELLOS TOMARON VOLVIERON VIVIERON SUBIERON IERON
2-THE PRETERITE FORMS OF VERBS DAR & VER ARE THE SAME AS THOSE OF REGULAR, ER AND IR VERBS. INFINITIVE DAR VER YO Dí Ví TU DISTE VISTE EL DIó VIó NOSOTROS DIMOS VIMOS VOSOTROS DISTEIS VISTEIS ELLOS DIERON VIERON
AYER Ví A RICARDO EN “IN-N-OUT.” 3-REMEMBER THAT THE PRETERITE IS USED TO TELL ABOUT AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST. FOR EXAMPLE MARIA Y JUANA VIERON LA PELICULA ANOCHE. MARY AND JUANA SAW THE MOVIE LAST NIGHT AYER Ví A RICARDO EN “IN-N-OUT.” YESTERDAY, I SAW RICARDO IN “IN-N-OUT.”
-EXERCISE: PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES AND WRITE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN THE PAST TENSE. EXAMPLE: 0. YO Y TU (COMER)= COMIMOS EL PESCADO FRITO . 1.YO (VOLVER)=_________________________________ 2. TU Y ELLAS (SUBIR)=__________________________ 3.MARIO (VIVIR)=________________________________ 4. EL MUCHACHO Y LAS NIÑAS (DAR)=_____________ 5. LAURA (VER) =_________________________________ 6. EL (COMER)=___________________________________ 7. TU (VIVIR)=____________________________________ 8. YO (SUBIR)=___________________________________ 9. TU Y EL (DAR)=________________________________ 10. MARIA (VER)=________________________________
0. YO Y TU (COMER)= COMIMOS EL PESCADO FRITO . -EXERCISE: PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES AND WRITE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN THE PAST TENSE. EXAMPLE: 0. YO Y TU (COMER)= COMIMOS EL PESCADO FRITO . 1.YO (VOLVER)=______VOLVERÉ_______________________ 2. TU Y ELLAS (SUBIR)=__SUBIRáN____________________ 3.MARIO (VIVIR)=__VIVIRá____________________________ 4. EL MUCHACHO Y LAS NIÑAS (DAR)=_DARáN____________ 5. LAURA (VER) =____VERá___________________________ 6. EL (COMER)=___COMERá____________________________ 7. TU (VIVIR)=______VIVIRáS__________________________ 8. YO (SUBIR)=_______SUBIRÉ________________________ 9. TU Y EL (DAR)=______DARáN_______________________ 10. MARIA (VER)=___VERá_____________________________ 12/28/2010