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The Preterite. By Claudia Campbell & Louise Gallacher. Past tense Regular and Irregular Easy to conjugate Regular has 2 sets of endings. What is it?. To Conjugate, Regular verbs. To form, Chop off the –ar/-er/ir endings Add the corresponding ending -ar -ir/-er yo é í
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The Preterite By Claudia Campbell & Louise Gallacher
Past tense Regular and Irregular Easy to conjugate Regular has 2 sets of endings What is it?
To Conjugate, Regular verbs To form, • Chop off the –ar/-er/ir endings • Add the corresponding ending -ar-ir/-er yo é í tú aste iste él ó ió nosotros amos imos vosotros asteis isteis ellos aron ieron Habl Habl ar é
Putting it to practice! HablarComerVivir hablé comí viví hablaste comiste viviste habló comió vivió hablamos comimos vivimos hablasteis comisteis vivisteis hablaron comieron vivieron
Irregular verbs The Irregular verbs have to be learnt off by heart. This is harder than the regular verbs. Here are some of the most common irregular verbs
Di-Dar-To give Cupe-Caber -To fit Anduve -Andar -To walk Dije-Decir-To say Estuve-Estar-To be Fui-Ser -To be Fui-Ir-To go Hice-Hacer-To make / to do Hube-Haber-To have Puse-Poner-To put Tuve –Tener-To have Quise-Querer-To want Traje-Traer-To bring Vi-Ver-To see Pude-Poder-To be able Supe-Saber-To know Vine-Venir-To come
Your Turn… • I ate – • I talked to my friends- • I drank water – • I listened to music- • I danced at the disco -
Try irregulars now… • I put on my jacket – • I walked to school – • I went to the park – 4. I made a cake – 5. I saw my friends yesterday -
Quiz! First team to get 4 in a row wins!
Understand now? We hope you understand a bit more about the preterite now, and find it easier to form the regular verbs. ¡Adios!