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The Preterite Tense for regular verbs

The Preterite Tense for regular verbs. Spanish 2, Unidad 7.1. 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.

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The Preterite Tense for regular verbs

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  1. The PreteriteTensefor regular verbs Spanish 2, Unidad 7.1

  2. 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 élCOMIÓ el sandwich. • 3. The preterite tense is only one of two past tenses in Spanish. *(You will learn the imperfect tense in Spanish 3)

  3. 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

  4. To Conjugate Reg. AR Verbs HABLAR – AR = HABL hablé hablamos hablaste habló hablaron

  5. 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

  6. To Conjugate Reg. ER/IR Verbs CONOCER – ER = CONOC conocí conocimos conociste conoció conocieron

  7. 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. ie…dormir dormí dormimos dormiste durmió durmieron

  8. Orthographic Spelling Changes * Remember that you CANNOT change the sound of a letter by conjugating. Orthographic spelling changes will regularly occur in AR verbs in the YO form, whose stems end in C, G, or Z. C - QU G - GU Z - C

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

  10. 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.

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

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

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