The Preterite Tense for regular verbs

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1 The Preterite Tense for regular verbs

2 The Preterite Tense The preterite tense is used to discuss completed actions in the past. ie...Yesterday he ATE the sandwich. 2. The preterite tense is a simple tense meaning it is made up of just one word. ie...Ayer él COMIÓ el sandwich. 3. The preterite tense is only one of two past tenses in Spanish.

3 To Conjugate Reg. AR Verbs
Find the stem by dropping the last two letters off of the infinitive form of the verb. ie….habl ar Then add the appropriate verb endings. AR é amos aste asteis ó aron

4 To Conjugate Reg. AR Verbs
HABLAR – AR = HABL hablé hablamos hablaste hablasteis habló hablaron

5 Orthographic Spelling Changes
* Remember that you CANNOT change the sound of a letter by conjugating. Orthographic spelling changes in the yo form will regularly occur in AR verbs whose stems end in C, G, or Z. C - QU G - GU Z - C

6 Orthographic Spelling Changes
JUGAR – AR = JUG jugué jugamos jugaste jugasteis jugó jugaron

7 Sentence Examples Hablé con mi hermana ayer.
I talked with my sister yesterday. Juan bailó el lunes. Juan danced on Monday. Tomaste los refrescos a la fiesta. You drank soft drinks at the party.

8 Bellringer: congugate the following –ar verbs in the preterite tense
caminar (yo) ________________ cantar (ellos) _______________ bucear (nosotros) ____________ caminar (tú) ________________ bailar (él) __________________ lavar (ella) ________________ hablar (Uds.) _______________ pasar (nosotras) _____________ estudiar (yo) ________________ caminé cantaron busceamos caminaste bailó lavó hablaron pasamos estudié

9 Spelling Changes in the Yo form
When conjugating infinitive verbs in the preterite tense, there are 3 AR-type infinitives that change their spelling in the first person singular (Yo) conjugation Infinitives that end in CAR, GAR or ZAR have spelling (or orthographic) changes in the "Yo" conjugation only. Why? In each case, the spelling change serves the purpose of maintaining the pronunciation in the conjugated verb that closely resembles the pronunciation of the original infinitive.

10 CAR verbs Buscar - to look for
Notice that "c" changes to "qu" before adding "é"--the preterite ending for Yo--when conjugating "buscar": busqué** buscamos buscaste buscasteis buscó buscaron ** If "c" were not changed to "qu" before adding the preterite ending "é," the "c" would take on a "s" sound and "I looked for" would sound like "bus-say" instead of "bus-kay."

11 GAR verbs Llegar - to arrive
Notice that "g" changes to "gu" before adding "é"--the preterite ending for Yo--when conjugating “llegar": llegué** llegamos llegaste llegasteis llegó llegaron ** If "g" were not changed to "gu" before adding the preterite ending "é," the "g" would take on an "h" sound and "I arrived" would sound like "yay-hay" instead of "yay-ge."

12 ZAR verbs Empezar – to begin
Notice that "z" changes to "c" before adding "é"--the preterite ending for Yo--when conjugating “empezar": empecé** empezamos empezaste empezasteis empezó empezaron ** If "z" were not changed to a "c" before adding the preterite ending "é," the "z" would take on a guttural “j/sh" sound and "I began" would sound like "em-pay-jhay" instead of "em-pay-say."

13 Can you think of other Spanish infinitives that will follow these spelling/pronunciation rules? There are many!!

14 Practicar - to practice Navegar - to surf (the web) Jugar - to play
Practicar - to practice Navegar - to surf (the web) Jugar - to play Comenzar - to begin Tocar - to touch Almorzar - to eat lunch Marcar - to mark Cruzar - to cross

15 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the preterite
Mis amigos ___________(llegar) tempranos. Yo ___________(navegar) en la internet por la noche. Daniel ___________(buscar) información en la web. Ángela me ___________(ayudar) mucho a buscar información. Ella ___________(pasar) a recoger mi tarea. llegaron navegué buscó ayudó pasó

16 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the preterite
6. Uds. ___________(trabajar) todo el día en la tarea de ecología. 7. Todos___________(hablar) mucho sobre el problema de la contaminación. 8. Yo ___________(buscar) mas información con un motor de búsqueda nuevo. 9. Yo ___________(empezar) a tener sueno a las diez. 10. Nosotros___________(chatear) hasta tarde. trabajaron hablaron busqué empecé chateamos

17 To Conjugate Reg. ER/IR Verbs in the PRETERITE tense
Find the stem by dropping the last two letters off of the infinitive form of the verb. ie….com er Then add the appropriate verb endings. ER / IR í imos iste isteis ió ieron

18 To Conjugate Reg. ER/IR Verbs
CONOCER – ER = CONOC conocí conocimos conociste conocisteis conoció conocieron

19 Stem Changes * AR and ER verbs DO NOT have stem changes in the preterite. Only IR verbs that have a stem change in the present tense, only have a one letter stem change in the preterite and only in box 3 and ie…dormir dormí dormimos dormiste dormisteis durmió durmieron

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