Copyright © 2011 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.9.1-1 ► You already know that ir and ser are irregular in the preterite. Here are some other.

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1 Copyright © 2011 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.9.1-1 ► You already know that ir and ser are irregular in the preterite. Here are some other verbs that are irregular in the preterite.

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3 Copyright © 2011 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.9.1-3 ► Observe the stem changes in the chart: the e in tener changes to u, and the e in venir and decir changes to i. Note also that the c in decir changes to j. None of these verbs have written accents in the yo or Ud./él/ella forms.

4 Copyright © 2011 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.9.1-4 ► These verbs have similar stem changes to tener, venir, and decir.

5 Copyright © 2011 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.9.1-5 ¡ojo! Verbs with j-stems omit the letter i in the Uds./ellos/ellas endings. For example: tener  tuvieron, but decir  dijeron. Most verbs that end in –cir are j-stem verbs in the preterite. For example: producir  produje, produjiste, produjo, produjimos, produjisteis, produjeron

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8 Copyright © 2011 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.9.1-8 ► The endings for dar are the same as the regular preterite endings for –er and –ir verbs, but there are no written accent marks. La camarera me dio el menú.Le di a Juan algunos consejos. The waitress gave me the menu.I gave Juan some advice.

9 Copyright © 2011 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.9.1-9 ► The preterite of hay (inf. haber) is hubo (there was/were). Hubo una fiesta el sábado pasado.Hubo muchos invitados. There was a party last Saturday.There were a lot of guests.

10 Copyright © 2011 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.9.1-10 Escribe la forma correcta del pretérito de cada verbo. 13. Yo ___________ [venir]. 14. Tú ___________ [poder]. 15. Ustedes ___________ [querer]. 16. Nosotras ___________ [estar]. 17. Tú ___________ [decir]. 18. Ellos ___________ [saber]. 19. Él ___________ [hacer]. 20. Yo ___________ [poner]. 21. Nosotras ___________ [traer]. 22. Yo ___________ [tener]. 23. Tú ___________ [dar]. 24. Ustedes ___________ [poder]. 1. Tú ___________ [querer]. 2. Usted ___________ [decir]. 3. Nosotras ___________ [hacer]. 4. Yo ___________ [traer]. 5. Ellas ___________ [conducir]. 6. Ella ___________ [estar]. 7. Tú ___________ [tener]. 8. Ella y yo ___________ [dar]. 9. Yo ___________ [traducir]. 10. Ayer ___________ [haber]. 11. Usted ___________ [saber]. 12. Ellos ___________ [poner]. quisiste