Estructura 3.1 - 3.3 Pretérito and Imperfecto

Question 1

What are the endings for preterite tense for -ar, -er, -ir verbs?

Answer 1

Yo - é | í | í
Tú - aste | iste | iste
Él/Ella - ó | ió | ió
Nosotros - amos | imos | imos
Vosotros - asteis | isteis | isteis
Ellos/Ellas - aron | ieron | ieron

Question 2

What are some irregular verbs in preterite tense?

Answer 2

Pagar- pagué, pagaste, pagó, pagamos, pagasteis, pagaron

Leer - leí, leíste, leyó, leímos, leísteis, leyeron

Ser and Ir - fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron

Question 3

What are some other irregular verbs in the preterite tense (empezar, tener, venir, decir, dar, haber)

Answer 3

Empezar - empecé, empezaste, empezó

Tener - tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron (includes verbs such as poder, poner, saber, estar)

Venir - vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron (includes verbs such as querer, hacer)

Decir - dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijisteis, dijeron (includes verbs such as traer, contraer, distraer, conducir, traducir)

Dar - di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron

Haber - hubo

Question 4

What are uses for the imperfect tense?

Answer 4

• Describe or reference regular actions in the past
• To tell time in the past
• To translate “used to + verb in the infinitive” = soler + verb in the infinitive

Question 5

What are the endings for imperfect tense for -ar, -er, -ir verbs

Answer 5

Yo - aba| ía| ía
Tú - abas| ías | ías
Él/Ella - aba| ía | ía
Nosotros - ábamos| íamos| íamos
Vosotros - abais| íais | íais
Ellos/Ellas - aban| ían | ían

Question 6

What are some irregular verbs for the imperfect tense (ser, ir, ver)?

Answer 6

• era, eras, era, eramos, erais, eran
• iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, ibais, iban
• veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veíais, veían