Preterit of –er / -ir verbs

The preterite is used to talk about what happened at a specific point in the past. To form the preterite

of –er and –ir add the these endings to the

verb’s stem.

Yo volví

tú volviste

El/ella/usted volvió

Nosotros (as) volvimos

Vosotros (as) volvisteis

ellos ellas volvieron ustedes

yo escribí nosotros(as) escribimos tú escribiste vosotros(as) escribisteis Ud. Uds.él escribió ellos escribieronella ellas

** Notice: Regular –er and –ir verbs have the same endings in the preterite. Like –ar verbs, there are no stem changes in the preterite for er verbs.

The verbs ver and dar have regular preterite endings but do NOT have

accents!!

Ver: to see/watch Dar: to give

vi vimos di dimos viste visteis diste disteis vio vieron dio dieron