Preterite Tense Review Flashcards

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1
Q

When do you use the preterite tense?

A

When you are talking in the past tense

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2
Q

-ar endings

A

é aste ó amos aron

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3
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-er/ir endings

A

í iste ió imos ieron

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4
Q

Conjugate hablar

A

Hablé hablaste habló hablamos hablaron

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5
Q

Conjugate comer

A

Comí comiste comió comimos comieron

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6
Q

Conjugate vivir

A

Viví viviste vivió vivimos vivieron

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7
Q

-Car/-Gar/-Zar

A

Verbs ending in those letters. In the yo form, the spelling of their endings change.

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8
Q

In which form does -car/-gar/-zar change the spelling of their endings?

A

The yo form

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9
Q

Car -> ?

A

Qué

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10
Q

Gar -> ?

A

Gué

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11
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Zar -> ?

A

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12
Q

Conjugate sacar

A

Saqué, sacaste, sacó, sacamos, sacaron

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13
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Conjugate pagar

A

Pagué, pagaste, pagó, pagamos, pagaron

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14
Q

Conjugate lanzar

A

Lancé lanzaste lanzó lanzamos lanzaron

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15
Q

By the way, what does lanzar mean?

A

To throw

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16
Q

i->y and its examples

A

Verbs in the preterite that have an i normally but it changes to a y.
Examples:
-eer
-aer
-oír
-uir

17
Q

How about -guir? Does it fall into this category along with -uir?

A

No.

18
Q

Conjugate leer

A

Leí leíste leyó leímos leyeron

19
Q

Conjugate caer

A

Caí caíste cayó caímos cayeron

20
Q

By the way, what does caer mean?

A

To fall

21
Q

Conjugate oír

A

Oí, oíste, oyó, oímos, oyeron

22
Q

Twin verbs

A

Dar+Ver, Ser+Ir

23
Q

Conjugate dar

A

Di diste dio dimos dieron

24
Q

Conjugate ver

A

Vi viste vio vimos vieron

25
Q

Conjugate ser/ir

A

Fui fuiste fue fuimos fueron

26
Q

Haber in preterite

A

Hubo

27
Q

By the way, what does haber mean?

A

To have

28
Q

Conjugate huir

A

Huí huiste huyó huimos huyeron

29
Q

In which forms does the i change to y?

A

Ud. + Uds.

30
Q

Which types of verbs do and do not have stem changers?

A

Do -ir
Do not -ar+er

31
Q

Conjugate almorzar

A

Almorcé almorzaste almorzó almorzamos almorzaron

32
Q

Conjugate volver

A

Volví volviste volvió volvimos volvieron

33
Q

Types of stem changers in preterite

A

o -> u, e -> i

34
Q

In which forms do verbs stem change in the preterite?

A

Ud. & Uds.

35
Q

Conjugate dormir

A

Dormí dormiste durmió dormimos durmieron

36
Q

Conjugate seguir

A

Seguí seguiste siguió seguimos siguieron

37
Q

Conjugate pedir

A

Pedí pediste pidió pedimos pidieron

38
Q

Conjugate sentir

A

Sentí sentiste sintió sentimos sintieron

39
Q

Conjugate divertirse

A

Me divertí, te divertiste, se divirtió, nos divertimos, se divirtieron