Gramática El pretérito de los verbos regulares –AR

1. GramáticaEl pretérito de los verbos regulares–AR • When you want to talk about actions completed in the past, use the preterite tense. The preterite tense is ONE of the the past tenses in Spanish. To form the preterite of a regular –AR verb, you drop the -AR, then add the correct ending to the stem.

2. Preterite endings for regular –AR verbs:

3. CAMINAR:

4. *-AR VERBS DO NOT STEM CHANGE IN THE PRETERITE!! • When you use the preterite tense, here is what you are saying:

5. Él/ bailar _____________ • Ustedes/cerrar _________________ • Tú/descansar ______________ • ¡Practiquemos!

6. Desayunar, yo ____________________ • Bailar, tú______________________ • Nadar, ellos ______________________ • Buscar, tú______________________ • Contestar, ellos______________________ • Contestar, ella______________________ • Dibujar, usted______________________ • Enseñar, ellos______________________

7. Desayunar, yodesayuné • Bailar, túbailaste • Nadar, ellosnadaron • Buscar, túbuscaste • Contestar, elloscontestaron • Contestar, ellacontestó • Dibujar, usteddibujó • Enseñar, ellosenseñaron

8. 9. Estudiar, tú______________________ 10. Llegar, nosotros______________________ 11. Necesitar, yo______________________ 12. Practicar, ellos______________________ 13. Practicar, tú______________________ 14. Llevar, nosotros______________________ 15. Llevar, tú______________________ 16. Preguntar, ellos______________________

9. 9. Estudiar, túestudiaste 10. Llegar, nosotrosllegamos , llegué 11. Necesitar, yonecesité 12. Practicar, ellospracticaron, practiqué 13. Practicar, túpracticaste 14. Llevar, nosotrosllevamos 15. Llevar, túllevaste 16. Preguntar, ellospreguntaron

10. Escribe enespañol. Remember, when there is a “did,” the question needs the past tense of the verb.) 17.I swam ____________________________ 18.I sunbathed ____________________________ 19.They rode ____________________________ 20.Did you confirm? ____________________________ 21.They confirmed ____________________________ 22.We visited ____________________________ 23.He visited ____________________________ 24.I closed ____________________________ 25.Did they camp? ____________________________

11. Escribe enespañol. Remember, when there is a “did,” the question needs the past tense of the verb.) 17.I swam nadé 18.I sunbathed tomé el sol 19.They rode montaron 20.Did you confirm? ¿confirmaste? 21.They confirmed confirmaron 22.We visited visitamos 23.He visited visitó 24.I closed cerré 25.Did they camp? ¿Acamparon?

12. 26.He did close ________________________ 27.We found ____________________________ 28.You counted/told ____________________________ 29.They had lunch ____________________________ 30.You had lunch ____________________________ 31.He had breakfast ____________________________ 32.Did you have breakfast? 33.They took (pics) ____________________________ 34.You took (pics) ____________________________

13. 26.He did close cerró 27.We found encontramos 28.You counted/told contaste 29.They had lunch almorzaron / 30.You had lunch almorzaste 31.He had breakfast desayunó 32.Did you have breakfast? desayunaste 33.They took (pics) sacaronfotos 34.You took (pics) sacastefotos

14. 35.We camped____________________________ 36.Did you camp? ____________________________ 37.I camped____________________________ 38.They worked ____________________________ 39.Did you travel? ____________________________

15. -Car, -Gar, -Zaren el pretérito • The preterite of verbs ending in –CAR, -GAR, -ZAR • Regular verbs that end in –car, -gar, -zar have a spelling change in the YO form of the preterite so that the sound of the verb stem remains the same. • Remember: • C-A-R to Q-U-E, • G-A-R to G-U-E, • Z-A-R to ----Cé!

17. Yo/buscar __________________ • Yo, practicar _____________________ • cargar, yo _____________________ • comenzar, yo_____________________ • llegar, yo __________________

18. Yo/buscarbusqué • Yo, practicarpractiqué • cargar, yocargué • comenzar, yocomencé • llegar, yollegué

19. Los verbos irregulares en el pretérito Ir and Ser are the same! How will you know whether the sentence should say “went” or “was?”

20. Regular –ER and –IR verbs get the same endings in the preterite! What are some similarities to AR verb endings in the preterite? _________________________________________

21. IrSer

22. COMER VIVIR

23. Recibir, yo _________________________ • Vivir, tú_________________________ • Aprender, ellas_________________________ • Correr, yo_________________________ • Decidir, yo_________________________ • Compartir, ella_________________________

24. 7.Aprender, usted _________________________ 8.Abrir, él_________________________ 9.Escribir, nosotros_ ____________________ 10.Vivir, ellos_________________________ 11.Aprender, yo ___________________ 12.Vender, usted ______________

25. 13.I lived _________________________ 14.Did you live?_________ __________ 15.She received___________________________ 16.The students received ____________________ 17.We ate ____________________ 18.They shared_________________

26. 19.Did you eat________________________ 20.They did not open. ____________________ 21.He opened ______________________ 22.My friend didn’t write ____________________ 23.He ran__________________________ 24.They ran__________________________

27. These verbs get “Y” in several forms of the preterite! • Creer Leer oír

28. I heard_____________________ • You thought_____________________ • He read_____________________ • Did you believe? _____________________ • All of you heard _____________________ • We heard _____________________ • We read _____________________

29. HACER • I did my homework last night. ____________________________________________________ • Did you pack your suitcase? ____________________________________________________ • Myfamilymadedinner. ____________________________________________________ • You guys did a good job! ____________________________________________________

30. Ver and Dar (they are similar)

31. I sawthemovie. _________________________________________ • The students saw the teacher (person!). ______________________________________ • Did you see the ugly man? ________________________________ • I gave the book to you. _________________________________________ • The students and I gave cake to the girl. _________________________________________ • You gave me a cookie. ________________________________________