Irregular Preterites

Question 1

What are the preterite forms of tener?

Answer 1

Question 2

What are the preterite forms of decir?

Answer 2

Question 3

What are the preterite forms of venir?

Answer 3

Question 4

What are the preterite forms of poder?

Answer 4

Question 5

What are the preterite forms of poner?

Answer 5

Question 6

What are the preterite forms of saber?

Answer 6

Question 7

What are the preterite forms of estar?

Answer 7

Question 8

What are the preterite forms of querer?

Answer 8

Question 9

What are the preterite forms of hacer?

Answer 9

Question 10

What are the preterite forms of traer?

Answer 10

Question 11

What are the preterite forms of conducir?

Answer 11

Question 12

What are the preterite forms of traducir?

Answer 12

Question 13

How do most verbs that end in -cir change in the preterite?

Answer 13

They turn to j-stems

Question 14

What are the preterite forms of dar?

Answer 14

Question 15

What is the preterite of hay (inf. haber)?

Answer 15

hubo (there was; there were)

Question 16

How does conocer change in the preterite?

Answer 16

to know; to be acquainted with –> to meet

Question 17

How does saber change in the preterite?

Answer 17

to know information; to know how to do something –> to find out; to learn

Question 18

How does poder change in the preterite?

Answer 18

to be able; can –> to manage; to succeed (could and did)

Question 19

How does querer change in the preterite?

Answer 19

to want; to love –> to try

Question 20

pude

Answer 20

I succeeded

Question 21

no pude

Answer 21

I failed (to)

Question 22

quise

Answer 22

I tried (to)

Question 23

no quise

Answer 23

I refused (to)