Irregular Past Tense Flashcards

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Verbs that end in -ducir

1) To produce
2) To induce, lead to, prompt to
3) To drive
4) To translate
5) To deduce (also to reduce ie subtract from)

Two verbs that are conjugated the same way as -ducir verbs:
A) to say
B) to bring

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1) Producir— produje, produjiste, produjo, produjimos, produjeron
2) inducir — induje, indujiste, indujo, indujimos, indujeron
3) Conducir — conduje, condujiste, condujo, condujimos, condujeron
4) Traducir — traduje, tradujiste, tradujo, tradujimos, tradujeron
5) deducir— deduje, dedujiste, dedujo, dedujimos, dedujeron

A) decir— dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijeron
B) Traer— traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajeron

Note that verbs that have ‘j’ in their root lose the ‘i’ in 3rd person plural

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Conjugate ‘to produce’ in simple past tense.

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Producir

Produje, produjiste, produjo, produjimos, produjeron

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Conjugate ‘to bring’ in simple past tense.

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Traer

Traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajeron

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Conjugate ‘to say’ in simple past tense.

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Decir

Dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijeron

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Conjugate ‘to drive’ in simple past tense.

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Conducir

Conduje, condujiste, condujo, condujimos, condujeron

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Conjugate ‘to translate ’ in simple past tense.

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Traducir

Traduje, tradujiste, tradujo, tradujimos, tradujeron

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Endings for irregular verbs in the pretérito

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-e
-iste
-o
-imos
-ieron
(Note there are exceptions)

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Conjugate ‘to deduce ’ in simple past tense.

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Deducir

deduje, dedujiste, dedujo, dedujimos, dedujeron

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Conjugate ‘to induce’ in simple past tense. (To induce/lead to/ prompt)

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Inducir

Induje, indujiste, indujo, indujimos, indujeron

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6 verbs that end in -er and -ir and have TWO VOWELS change the ‘i’ to ‘y’ in 3rd person singular and plural

1) to fall
2) to read
3) to believe
4) to hear
5) to escape
6) to instruct

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1) caer — caí, caíste CAYÓ, caímos, CAYERON
2) leer — leí, leíste, LEYÓ, leímos, LEYERON
3) creer — creí, creíste, CREYÓ, creímos, CREYERON
4) oír — oí, oíste, OYÓ, oímos, OYERON
5) huir — hui, huiste, HUYÓ, huimos, HUYERON
6) instruir— instruí, instruiste, INSTRUYÓ,instruimos, INSTRUYERON

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Conjugate ‘to fall’ in simple past tense.

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caer — caí, caíste CAYÓ, caímos, CAYERON

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Conjugate ‘to read ’ in simple past tense.

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leer — leí, leíste, LEYÓ, leímos, LEYERON

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Conjugate ‘to believe ’ in simple past tense.

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creer — creí, creíste, CREYÓ, creímos, CREYERON

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Conjugate ‘to hear ’ in simple past tense.

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oír — oí, oíste, OYÓ, oímos, OYERON

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Conjugate ‘to escape ’ in simple past tense.

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huir — hui, huiste, HUYÓ, huimos, HUYERON

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Conjugate ‘to instruct ’ in simple past tense.

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instruir— instruí, instruiste, INSTRUYÓ, instruimos, INSTRUYERON

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TOTALLY irregular verbs in simple past

1) To be (where something is or a
characteristic)
2) to go
3) to give

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1) ser — fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron
2) ir — fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron
3) dar — di, diste, dio, dimos, dieron

Pay attention to two things: *ser and ir have same conjunction and *there is no ‘i’ in the third person plural -eron

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Conjugate ‘to go ’ in simple past tense.

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ir — fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron

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Conjugate ‘to be ’ (to be somewhere) in simple past tense.

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ser — fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos,

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Conjugate ‘to give ’ in simple past tense.

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dar — di, diste, dio, dimos, dieron

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Irregular in simple past

Verbs that end in -CAR (to dry)
Verbs that end in -GAR (to
congregate)
Verbs that end in -ZAR (to memorize)

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In 1st person singular only

-CAR change the ‘c’ to ‘qu’
    Ex: secar (to dry) 
          SEQUÉ, secaste, secó,      
          secamos, secaron
-GAR change ‘g’ to ‘gu’
     Ex: congregar (to congregate) 
          CONGREGUE, congregaste, 
          congregó , congregamos,
          congregaron 
-ZAR change the ‘z’ yo ‘c’
         memorizar (to memorize)
         MEMORICÉ, memorizaste, 
         memorizó, memorizamos,
         memorizaron
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Conjugate ‘to hug ’ in simple past tense.

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Abrazar

ABRACÉ, abrazaste, abrazó, abrazamos, abrazaron

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Conjugate ‘to finish ’ in simple past tense.

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Finalizar

FINALICÉ, finalizaste, finalizó, finalizamos, finalizaron

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Conjugate ‘to eat lunch ’ in simple past tense.

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Almorzar

ALMORCÉ, almorzaste, almorzó, almorzamos, almorzaron

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Conjugate ‘to enjoy ’ in simple past tense.
Gozar GOCÉ, gozaste, gozó, gozamos, gozaron
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Conjugate ‘to advance ’ in simple past tense.
Avanzar AVANCÉ, avanzaste, avanzó, avanzamos, avanzaron
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Conjugate ‘to dance ’ in simple past tense.
Danzar DANCÉ, danzaste, danzó, danzamos, danzaron
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Conjugate ‘to begin ’ in simple past tense.
Empezar EMPACÉ, empezaste, empezó, empezamos, empezaron.
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Conjugate ‘to sweeten ’ in simple past tense.
Endulzar ENDULCÉ, endulzaste, endulzó, endulzamos, endulzaron
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Conjugate ‘to to calm (or calm down) ’ in simple past tense.
Tranquilizar TRANQUILICÉ, tranquilizaste, tranquilizó, tranquilizamos, tranquilizaron
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Conjugate ‘to locate ’ in simple past tense.
Localizar LOCALICÉ, localizaste, localizó, localizamos, localizaron
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Conjugate ‘to turn off ’ in simple past tense.
Apagar APAGUÉ, apagaste, apagó, apagamos, apagaron
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Conjugate ‘to punish ’ in simple past tense.
Castigar CASTIGUÉ, castigaste, castigó, castigamos, castigaron
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Conjugate ‘to hang ’ in simple past tense.
Colgar COLGUÉ, colgaste, colgó, colgamos, colgaron
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Conjugate ‘to investigate’ in simple past tense.
Investigar INVESTIGUÉ, investigaste, investigó, investigamos, investigaron
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Conjugate ‘to play ’ in simple past tense.
Jugar JUGUÉ, jugaste, jugó, jugamos, jugaron Tocar (to play a musical instrument) TOQUÉ, tocaste, tocó, tocamos, tocaron
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Conjugate ‘to look for ’ in simple past tense.
Buscar BUSQUÉ, buscaste, buscó, buscamos, buscaron
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Conjugate ‘to jump ’ in simple past tense.
Brincar BRINQUÉ, brincaste, brincó, brincamos, brincaron
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Conjugate ‘to explain ’ in simple past tense.
Explicar EXPLIQUÉ, explicaste, explicó, explicamos, explicaron
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Conjugate ‘to indicate ’ in simple past tense.
Indicar INDIQUÉ, indicaste, indicó, indicamos, indicaron
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Conjugate ‘to practice ’ in simple past tense.
Practicar PRACTIQUÉ, practicaste, practicó, practicamos, practicaron
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Conjugate ‘to preach ’ in simple past tense.
Predicar PREDIQUÉ, predicaste, predicó, predicamos, predicaron
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Conjugate ‘to take out ’ in simple past tense.
Sacar SAQUÉ, sacaste, sacó, sacamos, sacaron
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Conjugate ‘to sacrifice ’ in simple past tense.
Sacrificar SACRIFIQUÉ, sacrificaste, sacrificó, sacrificamos, sacrificaron
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Conjugate ‘to touch (play an instrument , knock) ’ in simple past tense.
Tocar TOQUÉ, tocaste, tocó, tocamos, tocaron