The Preterite Tense for regular verbs

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The PreteriteTensefor regular verbs
Spanish One ch.7B
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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. (You will learn the imperfect
  tense in level 2)

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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
• ó aron

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To Conjugate Reg. AR Verbs
HABLAR AR HABL hablé
hablamos hablaste habló hablaron
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To Conjugate Reg. ER/IR Verbs

• 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
• ió ieron

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To Conjugate Reg. ER/IR Verbs
CONOCER ER CONOC conocí
conocimos conociste conoció conocieron
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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 5. iedormir dormí dormimos
dormiste durmió durmieron
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Orthographic Spelling Changes
Remember that you CANNOT change the sound of a
letter by conjugating. Orthographic spelling
changes will regularly occur in AR verbs whose
stems end in C, G, or Z. C - QU G - GU Z - C

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Orthographic Spelling Changes
JUGAR AR JUG jugué
jugamos jugaste jugó jugaron
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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.

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Preterite Usages

• What is do you use to use the preterite to
  describe?
• Specific completed events in the past.

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Extra Practice
caminé
caminar (yo) ________________ correr (ellos)
_______________ bucear (nosotros)
____________ beber (tú) __________________ baila
r (él) __________________ lavar (ella)
________________ escribir (Uds.)
_______________ pasar (nosotras)
_____________ jugar (yo) ________________
corrieron
busceamos
bebiste
bailó
lavó
escribieron
pasamos
jugué