Preterite of ER/IR verbs

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Preterite Verbs - a quickreview…

Preterite means “past tense”

The preterite tense in Spanish is used to tell what happened at a particular moment in the past.

Preterite verbs deal with “completed past action”

Like present tense verbs, you form the preterite tense of regular verbs by crossing off the ar/er/ir and adding on a new ending.

“AR” Preterite Endings We have already covered the “AR”

preterite endings.

Do you remember them?

Need a review??

They are:

“AR” Preterite Endingsé

aste

ó

amos

asteis

aron

AR Preterite Endings Let’s do a regular “AR” verb

COMPRAR – to buyYo compré

Tú compraste

ÉlElla compró Usted

Nosotros/as compramos

Vosotros/as comprasteis

EllosEllas compraronUstedes

ER/IR Endings…Now let’s look at the ER/IR verb endings (Both have the same preterite endings –YAY!!!!)

í

iste

ió

imos

isteis

ieron

ER/IR Preterite Endings… Now let’s do a regular ER/IR verb.

APRENDER – to learn

Yo aprendíI learned

Tú aprendisteYou learned

Él he learned

Ella she learned aprendióUsted you learned

Nosotros/as aprendimosWe learned

Vosotros/as aprendisteisYou guys learned

Ellos they learned

Ellas they learned aprendieronUstedes you guys learned

BEBER – to drink

Yo bebíI drank

Tú bebisteYou (friendly) drank

ÉlElla bebióUstedHe/she/ you (formal) drank

Nosotros/as bebimosWe drank

Vosotros/as bebisteisYou guys drank

EllosEllas bebieronUstedesThey/you guys drank

SACUDIR – to dustYo sacudíI dusted

Tú sacudisteYou (friendly) dusted

ÉlElla sacudióUstedHe/she/ you (formal) usted

Nosotros/as sacudimosWe dusted

Vosotros/as sacudisteisYou guys dusted

EllosEllas sacudieronUstedesThey/you guys dusted

ESCRIBIR – to writeYo escribíI wrote

Tú escribisteYou (friendly) wrote

ÉlElla escribióUstedHe/she/ you (formal) wrote

Nosotros/as escribimosWe wrote

Vosotros/as escribisteisYou guys wrote

EllosEllas escribieronUstedesThey/you guys wrote

Remember…Once you have memorized “The Preterite Song” you will know all the regular AR/ER/IR preterite endings as well as knowing where the accents go…(Need to know to communicate and get good grades. )

La Canción del Pretérito

é acento aste ó acento amos aroní acento iste ió acento imos ieron

Yankee Doodle went to townlearning all his verbos.

When he went to Mendoza’s classhe showed her his cuaderno.

Práctica del paquete1. La familia _____

(abrir) sus regalos ayer.

2. Yo ____ (dormir) tarde esta mañana.

3. Tú ______ (beber) la leche anteayer.

4. La semana pasada mis amigos y yo ___ (perder) las fotos.

1. La familia abrió sus regalos ayer.

2. Yo dormí tarde está mañana.

3. Tú bebiste la leche anteayer.

4. La semana pasada mis amigos y yo perdimos las fotos.