Gramática El pretérito de los verbos regulares –AR When you want to talk about actions completed in the past, use the preterite tense. The preterite tense is ONE of the the past tenses in Spanish. To form the preterite of a regular –AR verb, you drop the -AR, then add the correct ending to the stem.

Preterite endings for regular –AR verbs: -é -amos -aste x -ó -aron

CAMINAR:

*-AR VERBS DO NOT STEM CHANGE IN THE PRETERITE!! When you use the preterite tense, here is what you are saying: Yo hablé I talked, I did talk, I was talking Nosotros hablamos We talked, we did talk, we were talking Tú hablaste You talked, you did talk, you were talking x Él habló He talked, he did talk, he was talking   Ellos hablaron They talked, they did talk, they were talking

Él/ bailar _____________ Ustedes/cerrar _________________ Tú/descansar ______________ ¡Practiquemos!

Desayunar, yo ____________________ Bailar, tú______________________ Nadar, ellos ______________________ Buscar, tú______________________ Contestar, ellos______________________ Contestar, ella______________________ Dibujar, usted______________________ Enseñar, ellos______________________

Desayunar, yo desayuné Bailar, tú bailaste Nadar, ellos nadaron Buscar, tú buscaste Contestar, ellos contestaron Contestar, ella contestó Dibujar, usted dibujó Enseñar, ellos enseñaron

9. Estudiar, tú______________________ 10 9. Estudiar, tú______________________ 10. Llegar, nosotros______________________ 11. Necesitar, yo______________________ 12. Practicar, ellos______________________ 13. Practicar, tú______________________ 14. Llevar, nosotros______________________ 15. Llevar, tú______________________ 16. Preguntar, ellos______________________

9. Estudiar, tú estudiaste 10. Llegar, nosotros llegamos , llegué 11 9. Estudiar, tú estudiaste 10. Llegar, nosotros llegamos , llegué 11. Necesitar, yo necesité 12. Practicar, ellos practicaron, practiqué 13. Practicar, tú practicaste 14. Llevar, nosotros llevamos 15. Llevar, tú llevaste 16. Preguntar, ellos preguntaron

Escribe en español. Remember, when there is a “did,” the question needs the past tense of the verb.) 17.I swam ____________________________ 18.I sunbathed ____________________________ 19.They rode ____________________________ 20.Did you confirm? ____________________________ 21.They confirmed ____________________________ 22.We visited ____________________________ 23.He visited ____________________________ 24.I closed ____________________________ 25.Did they camp? ____________________________

Escribe en español. Remember, when there is a “did,” the question needs the past tense of the verb.) 17.I swam nadé 18.I sunbathed tomé el sol 19.They rode montaron 20.Did you confirm? ¿confirmaste? 21.They confirmed confirmaron 22.We visited visitamos 23.He visited visitó 24.I closed cerré 25.Did they camp? ¿Acamparon?

26.He did close ________________________ 27.We found ____________________________ 28.You counted/told ____________________________ 29.They had lunch ____________________________ 30.You had lunch ____________________________ 31.He had breakfast ____________________________ 32.Did you have breakfast? 33.They took (pics) ____________________________ 34.You took (pics) ____________________________

26. He did close cerró 27. We found encontramos 28 26.He did close cerró 27.We found encontramos 28.You counted/told contaste 29.They had lunch almorzaron / 30.You had lunch almorzaste 31.He had breakfast desayunó 32.Did you have breakfast? desayunaste 33.They took (pics) sacaron fotos 34.You took (pics) sacaste fotos

35.We camped____________________________ 36.Did you camp? ____________________________ 37.I camped____________________________ 38.They worked ____________________________ 39.Did you travel? ____________________________

-Car, -Gar, -Zar en el pretérito The preterite of verbs ending in –CAR, -GAR, -ZAR Regular verbs that end in –car, -gar, -zar have a spelling change in the YO form of the preterite so that the sound of the verb stem remains the same. Remember: C-A-R to Q-U-E, G-A-R to G-U-E, Z-A-R to ----Cé!  

Sacar C becomes “Q” Add a “u” and the preterite é ending  saqué (I took) Pagar (to pay) G remains “G”  pagué (I paid) empezar Z becomes “C” Just add the preterite é ending  empecé (I started) Jugar Add a “u” and an é jugué (I played) almorzar Just add é   almorcé (I ate lunch)

Yo/buscar __________________ Yo, practicar _____________________ cargar, yo _____________________ comenzar, yo_____________________ llegar, yo __________________

Yo/buscar busqué Yo, practicar practiqué cargar, yo cargué comenzar, yo comencé llegar, yo llegué

Los verbos irregulares en el pretérito Ir and Ser are the same! How will you know whether the sentence should say “went” or “was?”

Regular –ER and –IR verbs get the same endings in the preterite! í imos iste x ió ieron What are some similarities to AR verb endings in the preterite? _________________________________________

Ir Ser fui fuimos fuiste fue fueron fui fuimos fuiste fue fueron

COMER VIVIR

Recibir, yo _________________________ Vivir, tú_________________________ Aprender, ellas_________________________ Correr, yo_________________________ Decidir, yo_________________________ Compartir, ella _________________________

7. Aprender, usted _________________________ 8 7.Aprender, usted _________________________ 8.Abrir, él_________________________ 9.Escribir, nosotros_ ____________________ 10.Vivir, ellos_________________________ 11.Aprender, yo ___________________ 12.Vender, usted ______________

13.I lived _________________________ 14.Did you live?_________ __________ 15.She received___________________________ 16.The students received ____________________ 17.We ate ____________________ 18.They shared_________________

19. Did you eat________________________ 20. They did not open 19.Did you eat________________________ 20.They did not open. ____________________ 21.He opened ______________________ 22.My friend didn’t write ____________________ 23.He ran__________________________ 24.They ran__________________________

These verbs get “Y” in several forms of the preterite! Creer Leer oír

I heard_____________________ You thought_____________________ He read_____________________ Did you believe? _____________________ All of you heard _____________________ We heard _____________________ We read _____________________

HACER I did my homework last night. _______________________ _______________________ ______ Did you pack your suitcase? _______________________ _______________________ ______ My family made dinner. _______________________ _______________________ ______ You guys did a good job! _______________________ _______________________ ______ Hice hicimos Hiciste x Hizo (this is the only form with a Z!) hicieron

Ver and Dar (they are similar) Vi Vimos Viste Vio Vieron

I saw the movie. _________________________________________ The students saw the teacher (person!). ______________________________________ Did you see the ugly man? ________________________________ I gave the book to you. _________________________________________ The students and I gave cake to the girl. _________________________________________ You gave me a cookie.  ________________________________________