When its used The preterite is used for actions that can be viewed as single events that occurred in the past Ella caminó por el parque She walked through the park Ellos ID: 798121
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Slide1
El pretérito
The preterite tense
Slide2When it's used
The
preterite
is used for actions that can be viewed as single events that occurred in the past.
Ella
caminó
por
el
parque
.
She walked through the park.
Ellos
llegaron
a
las
ocho
.
They arrived at eight o'clock.
Slide3When it's used
The
preterite
is used to state the beginning or the end of an action.
Empezó
a
nevar
a
las
ocho
de la
mañana
.
It began to snow at eight in the morning.
Slide4General
rule for using the preterite:
The
preterite
is used for past actions that are seen as completed.
-
er
/
ir
verbs
Slide6How to form it
To conjugate regular –
er
/
ir
verbs in the
preterite
, simply drop the ending (-
er
/
ir) and add one of the following:
í
iste
ió
ieron
imos
com
com
com
com
com
viv
viv
viv
viv
viv
Slide7Stemchanges
-
ar
and -
er
verbs that change their stem in the present tense
do not
change
in the
preterite. They are conjugated just like other regular preterite verbs.
Slide8ER/IR
Sandal or Pancake verbs
Seguir
sigo
seguimos
sigues
sigue
siguen
Slide9en el pretérito
seguí
seguimos
seguiste
siguió
siguen
Slide10Competir
en el
presente
compito
competimos
compites
compite
compiten
Slide11Competir
En el
pretérito
competí
competimos
competiste
compitió
compitieron
Slide12Dormir en el
presente
duerme
dormimos
duermes
duerme
duermen
Slide13Dormir en el
pret
érito
dorm
í
dormimos
dormiste
durmi
ó
durmieron
Slide14Dialog: en
pareja
3
preguntas
usando
el
pret
érito
usando
verbs
differentesde memoria, NO PUEDES LEER.Por
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