Bellringer 1/2 Before I give you time to work on books, you are going to write something using the preterite tense. For the bellringer, make a list of things that you did over break. If you need to look up any words, now would be the time to do so. You may want to get your cards ready also.

You get 10 minutes to write as much as you possibly can You get 10 minutes to write as much as you possibly can. I want you to tell me what you did over break using the preterite tense. Make sure you conjugate verbs correctly and watch for irregulars. If you don’t know a word, write it in English and underline it. If you have time at the end and have written as much as you can, you may go back and look up words.

Bellringer 1/2 Review of informal positive and negative commands (look in your notes): 1. What are the steps for forming positive commands? 2. What are the 8 irregular positive command forms? 3. What are the steps for forming negative commands? 4. What are the 5 irregulars? 5. What are informal commands used for?

Demonstrative Adjectives point out things forms of “este” used for things close to you; forms of “ese” used for things farther away Masculine Feminine Singular este-this esta-this Plural estos-these estas-these Singular ese-that esa-that Plural esos-those esas-those

Comparisons use adjectives to compare things; the adjective must agree with the object described in number and gender más + adjective + que- tan + adjective + como- menos + adjective + que-

4. (grande) la fresa la manzana Write statements comparing the following people and things using the adjective given. 1. (gord0) Alberto Miguel 2. (bonita) Mimi Bruno 3. (morena) Rosa Elena 4. (grande) la fresa la manzana 5. (pequeño) el gato el elefante

Irregular Comparison Adjectives bueno/a-good --> mejor(es)-better malo/a-bad --> peor(es)-worse joven-young --> menor(es)-younger viejo/a-old --> mayor(es)-older When you want to compare using the adjectives on the left, use the words on the right instead! Example: This dog is better than that cat.- Este perro es mejor que ese gato.

Use these expressions when you want to say if someone does something ____ someone else más que-more than menos que-less than tanto como-as much as

Yo soy menos alto/a que él/ella. (I’m shorter) Yo soy menos bajo/a que él/ella. (I’m taller) Yo soy más alto/a que él/ella. (I’m taller) Yo soy más bajo/a que él/ella. (I’m shorter)

Preterite Tense (AKA past tense) used to talk about what happened or what someone did at a specific point in the past

Regular AR, ER, and IR Verbs To conjugate regular verbs in the preterite tense, chop the AR, ER, or IR, and add the appropriate endings.

AR endings é amos aste asteis ó aron Example: hablar-to talk hablé hablamos hablaste hablasteis habló hablaron Example: Mis amigos hablaron a su profesora.

ER/IR endings í imos iste isteis ió ieron Example: comer-to eat comí comimos comiste comisteis comió comieron Example: Marta comió una hamburguesa y papas fritas para el almuerzo. Example: vivir-to live viví vivimos viviste vivisteis vivió vivieron Example: Nosotros vivimos en una casa en el campo.