El Pretérito Is one of the past tenses. Tells what happened. Is a completed action. I called my sister last night. She talked on the phone. The phone.

Presentación del tema: "El Pretérito Is one of the past tenses. Tells what happened. Is a completed action. I called my sister last night. She talked on the phone. The phone."— Transcripción de la presentación:

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2 El Pretérito

3 Is one of the past tenses. Tells what happened. Is a completed action. I called my sister last night. She talked on the phone. The phone rang at 12:30 PM.

4 To find the stem of the verb, remove the -ar, -er, or -ir. trabajar – trabaj (to work) escirbir - escrib (to write) correr – corr (to run)

5 -ar verb endings éamos asteasteis óaron

6 Now you conjugate an –ar verb: tomar el sol (to sunbathe) yo ________ tú ________ usted, (él, ella) ________ nosotros ____________ vosotros ___________ ustedes, (ellos, ellas) _________

7 Now check your answers- yo tomé el sol tú tomaste el sol usted,(él, ella) tomó el sol nosotros tomamos el sol vosotros tomasteis el sol ustedes (ellos, ellas) tomaron el sol

8 -er and -ir verb endings -í-imos -iste-isteis -ió-ieron

9 Now you conjugate these verbs- comprender – to understand yo __________ tú __________ usted, él, ella ________ nosotros __________ vosotros ___________ usted, ellos, ellas ________ escribir - to write yo _______ tú ________ usted, él, ella ________ nosotros _________ vosotros __________ usted, ellos, ellas _________

10 Here are the answers comprender yo comprendí tú comprendiste usted,él,ella comprendió nosotros comprendimos vosotros comprendisteis ustedes,ellos,ellas comprendieron escribir yo escribí tú escribiste usted,él,ella escribió nosotros escribimos vosotros escribisteis ustedes,ellos, ellas escribieron

11 Remember: 1. The yo and usted forms have accents. 2. The nosotros forms of –ar and – ir verbs are the same as the present tense form. 3. –Er verbs and –Ir verbs in the preterite use the same endings.

12 Now conjugate these and translate to English. yo (cantar) tú (comer) nosotros (vivir) usted (trabajar) ellos (beber) él (asistir) Ana (nadar) los chicos (correr) yo (recibir) ella (comprender) ustedes (escuchar) tú (estudiar)

13 If you have mastered the conjugation of regular verbs in the preterite, you are now able to talk about things you did or what happened. (That is, if you use regular verbs.) Yo bailé. I danced Él escribió una carta. He wrote a letter.

14 car, gar, zar These verbs have spelling changes in the yo form of el pretérito. car---qué gar---gué zar---cé

15 car, gar, zar (en la forma yo) Buscarbusqué Practicarpractiqué Jugarjugué Navegarnavegué Empezarempecé Comenzarcomencé