preterite er and ir verbs in spanish

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El pretérito Regular verbs Past tense

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El pretérito

Regular verbs Past tense

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El pretérito

• Is a past tense.• Tells what happened.• Is a completed action.

I called my sister last night. She talked on the phone. The phone rang at 12:30 PM.

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To find the stem of the verb, remove the -ar, -er, or -ir.

• trabajar – trabaj (to work)

• escribir - escrib (to write)

correr – corr (to run)

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-ar verb endings

é amosaste asteisó aron

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Now you conjugate an –ar verb:

tomar el sol (to sunbathe)yo ________tú ___________________usted, (él, ella) _____________nosotros _______________vosotros ________________ustedes, (ellos, ellas)___________

tomé el soltomaste el sol

tomó el sol tomamos el sol

tomasteis el soltomaron el sol

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-er and -ir verb endings

-í -imos-iste -isteis-ió -ieron

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escribir - to write

yo _______tú ________usted, él, ella ________nosotros _________vosotros __________uds, ellos, ellas ________

comprender – to understand

yo _____________tú __________usted, él, ella ________nosotros __________vosotros _________uds, ellos, ellas ________

Now you conjugate these verbs-

comprendícomprendiste

comprendíocomprendimos

comprendisteis

comprendieron

escribí

escribisteescribío

escribimosescribisteis

escribieron

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1. The yo and usted forms have accents.

2. The nosotros forms of –ar and –ir verbs are the

same in the present tense and preterite tense.

3. –Er and –Ir verbs use the same endings in the preterite tense.

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Now conjugate these and translate to English.

yo (cantar)tú (comer)nosotros (vivir)usted (trabajar)ellos (beber)él (asistir)

yo cantétú comistenosotros vivimosusted trabajóellos bebieronél asistió

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Now conjugate these and translate to English.

Ana (nadar)los chicos (correr)yo (recibir)ella (comprender)ustedes (escuchar)tú (estudiar)

• nadó• corrieron• recibí• comprendió• escucharon• estudiaste

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If you have mastered the conjugation of regular verbs in the preterite, you are now able to talk about things you did or what happened. (That is, if you use regular verbs.)

Yo bailé. I danced

Él escribió una carta. He wrote a letter.

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Don’t forget two irregular verbs you already learned.

ir – to go• yo fui• tú fuiste• el, ella, y ud. fue• nosotros fuimos• ellos y uds. fueron

ser – to be• yo fui• tú fuiste• el, ella, y ud. fue• nosotros fuimos• ellos y uds. fueron

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