1 The Preterit 2 I went to the store. I bought a shirt. I paid in cash. The Preterit: is a past tense (-ed) ex: I jumped. talks about what happened is.

Presentación del tema: "1 The Preterit 2 I went to the store. I bought a shirt. I paid in cash. The Preterit: is a past tense (-ed) ex: I jumped. talks about what happened is."— Transcripción de la presentación:

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2 1 The Preterit

3 2 I went to the store. I bought a shirt. I paid in cash. The Preterit: is a past tense (-ed) ex: I jumped. talks about what happened is a completed action

4 Key Words for the Preterit KEY WORDS Ayer ( yesterday) Anoche (last night) el año/mes pasado( last year/ month) la semana pasada (last week) 3

5 4 Remember In order to conjugate, first find the stem. You do this by dropping the -AR, -ER, or -IR ending. Hablar habl- Comer com- Escribir ecrib-

6 5 Preterit endings for -AR verbs are: yo -é tú -aste él/ella/ud. -ó nosotros -amos vosotros -asteis ellos/ellas/uds. -aron

7 6 (-AR verbs) Hablar hablé hablaste habló hablamos hablasteis hablaron yo Tú él/ella/ud. Nosotros Vosotros Ellos/ellas/uds.

8 7 Preterit endings for –ER and -IR verbs are the same and they are: yo -í tú -iste él/ella/ud. -ió nosotros -imos vosotros -isteis ellos/ellas/uds. -ieron

9 8 - (-ER / -IR verbs) comer comí comiste comió comimos comisteis comieron escribir escribí escribiste escribió escribimos escribisteis escribieron yo Tú él/ella/ud. Nosotros Vosotros Ellos/ellas/uds.

10 9 REMEMBER: accents on the yo form and the él / ella / Ud. form -ar / -ir nosotros form is the same in present and preterit. Put emphasis where the accent is when you speak. Ex: Comí

11 10 -AR and -ER verbs that have a stem-change in the present tense dont change in the preterit. -IR verbs that have a stem-change in the present tense do change in the preterit, but in a different way. They change e:i and o:u in the él and ellos form ONLY. Ex: Dormir (present o:ue) (preterit o:u) dormí dormiste durmió dormimos dormisteis durmieron Dormi r Stem-changes?

12 11 The yo form of the pret erite chan ges to cons erve the soun d of the infini tive : -car -gar -zar -qué tocar -> toqué -gué jugar -> jugué -cé empezar -> empecé Yo Form Only Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have a spelling change in the yo form of the preterit. For the other forms, conjugate as usual

13 12 Practique 1. Bob Esponja _____ (visitar) a su amigo Patricio Estrella. 2. Ella _______ (mirar) el programa de Glee ayer. 3. Ellos _______ (practicar) el golf. 4. Yo ________ (jugar) a los videojuegos el sábado. 5. Nosotros_________ (escuchar) mucha música en la fiesta el sábado. música en la fiesta el sábado. miró practicaron jugué escuchamos visitó