-AR Preterite Verbs-car and –gar Endings

Realidades

Preterite Verbs Preterite means “past tense” Preterite verbs deal with

“completed past action” The ending tells who did the

action.

-AR Preterite Endings Just as -o, -as, -a, -amos, -an

tell you that the action takes place in the present,

-é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -aron, tell you that the action took place in the past.

-AR Preterite Endingsé

aste

ó

amos

aron

Preterite -ar verbs that have a stem

change in the present tense do not have a stem change in the preterite.

Juego - jugé

Preterite In the preterite, verbs whose

infinitive ends in -gar or -car have a spelling change in the yo form. All of their other preterite forms are regular.

Preteritepagar yo pagué llegar yo llegué jugar yo jugué

Preterite Cuándo llegaste al teatro? Llegué a las ocho.

Preteritesacar yo saquébuscar yo busqué tocar yo toqué