Chapter 9

Question 1

Caer (ki-er) conjugate in preterite

Answer 1

To fall: caí, caíste, cayó, caímos, cayeron

Question 2

Verbs ending in -er and -ir are conjugated differently depending on if the last letter in the stem is a consonant or vowel. Consonants are “regular” but vowel ending change ió to yó, and ieron to yeron. In addition an accent is added after vowels (a,e, and o): example caíste, caímos. How would you conjugate he fell or they fell?

Answer 2

Cayó and cayeron.

Question 3

Hacer and ir are irregular preterites, how are they conjugated?

Answer 3

Hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hiceron.

Fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron.

Question 4

What makes the preterite conjugation of dar unique? What is it?

Answer 4

It’s done as if it ended in -er or - ir.

Di, diste, dió, dimos, dieron.

Question 5

For verbs ending in -car,-gar, and -zar spellings are changed for the first person form in the preterite conjugation. Buscar–busqué, llegar–llegué, and empezar–empecé. Finish the conjugation of the verb buscar.

Answer 5

Busqué, buscaste, buscó, buscamos, buscaron.

Question 6

What’s the difference between the present perfect and the preterite since both refer to completed actions?

Answer 6

The present perfect refers to completed actions within a period of time still in progress such as: they have seen six films this month, or I studied a lot this week.
The preterite presents completed actions within a past periods of time such as: yesterday I studied almost all day, or she saw three films last month.

Question 7

Andar preterite

Answer 7

Stem with u: anduv-

Question 8

Estar preterite

Answer 8

Stem with u: estuv-

Question 9

Poder preterite

Answer 9

U: pud-

Question 10

Poner preterite

Answer 10

U: pus-

Question 11

Saber preterite

Answer 11

U: sup-

Question 12

Tener preterite

Answer 12

U: Tuv-

Question 13

Haber preterite

Answer 13

U: hub-

Question 14

Decir preterite

Answer 14

I: dij-

Question 15

Hacer preterite

Answer 15

I: hic (z)-

Question 16

Querer preterite

Answer 16

I: quis-

Question 17

Venir preterite

Answer 17

I: vin-

Question 18

Traer preterite

Answer 18

Traj-