Preterite endings

Question 1

What do you use the preterite for?

Answer 1

Completed actions in the past, or actions that were completed in a given time

Question 2

How do you form the preterite

Answer 2

• First remove the AR/ ER/ IR ending

- Add the appropriate ending

Question 3

What are the endings for AR verbs?

Answer 3

Yo = é
Tú = aste
Él/ ella / usted = ó
Nosotros/ nosotras = amos
Vosotros/ vosotras = asteis
Ellos/ ellas/ ustedes = aron

Question 4

What are the endings for ER verbs?

Answer 4

Yo = í
Tú = iste
Él/ ella / usted = ió
Nosotros/ nosotras = imos  
Vosotros/ vosotras = isteis
Ellos/ ellas/ ustedes = ieron

Question 5

What are the endings for IR verbs?

Answer 5

Same as ER verbs
Yo = í
Tú = iste
Él/ ella / usted = ió
Nosotros/ nosotras = imos  
Vosotros/ vosotras = isteis
Ellos/ ellas/ ustedes = ieron

Question 6

What are the conjugations for ‘hablar’

Answer 6

Hablé
Hablaste
Habló
Hablamos
Hablasteis
Hablaron

Question 7

What are the conjugations for ‘comer’

Answer 7

Comí
Comiste
Comió
Comimos
Comisteis
Comieron

Question 8

What are the conjugations for ‘vivir’

Answer 8

Viví
Viviste
Vivió
Vivimos
Vivisteis
Vivieron

Question 9

What is common about all irregular verbs in the preterite

Answer 9

They don’t have an accent on any of the letters

Question 10

Give the conjugations of ‘ser’

Answer 10

Fui
Fuiste
Fue
Fuimos
Fuisteis
Fueron

Question 11

Give the conjugations of ‘tener’

Answer 11

Tuve 
Tuviste
Tuvo
Tuvimos
Tuvisteis
Tuvieron

Question 12

Give the conjugations of ‘dar’

Answer 12

Di
Diste
Dio
Dimos
Disteis
Dieron

Question 13

Give the conjugations of ‘decir’

Answer 13

Dije 
Dijiste
Dijo
Dijimos
Dijisteis
Dijieron

Question 14

Give the conjugations of ‘ir’

Answer 14

Fui
Fuiste
Fue
Fuimos
Fuisteis
Fueron

Question 15

Give the conjugations of ‘andar’

Answer 15

Anduve
Anduviste
Anduvo
Anduvimos
Anduvisteis
Anduvieron

Question 16

Give the conjugations of ‘conducir’

Answer 16

Conduje
Condujiste
Condujo
Condujimos
Condujisteis
Condujieron

Question 17

Give the conjugations of ‘estar’

Answer 17

Estuve
Estuviste
Estuvo
Estuvimos
Estuvisteis
Estuvieron

Question 18

Give the conjugations of ‘hacer’

Answer 18

Hice
Hiciste
Hizo
Hicimos
Hicisteis
Hicieron

Question 19

Give the conjugations of ‘poder’

Answer 19

Pude
Pudiste
Pudo
Pudimos
Pudisteis
Pudieron

Question 20

Give the conjugations of ‘poner’

Answer 20

Puse
Pusiste
Puso
Pusimos
Pusisteis
Pusieron

Question 21

Give the conjugations of ‘querer’

Answer 21

Quise
Quisiste
Quiso
Quisimos
Quisisteis
Quisieron

Question 22

Give the conjugations of ‘saber’

Answer 22

Supe 
Supiste
Supo
Supimos
Supisteis
Supieron

Question 23

Give the conjugations of ‘traer’

Answer 23

Traje
Trajiste
Trajo
Trajimos
Trajisteis
Trajieron

Question 24

Give the conjugations of ‘ver’

Answer 24

Vi
Viste
Vio
Vimos
Visteis
Vieron

Question 25

For ‘dormir’, which two conjugations are irregular

Answer 25

Él/ ella/ usted = durmió | Ellos/ ellas/ ustedes = durmieron

Question 26

For some verbs, they only have two irregular conjugations - which are these.

Answer 26

Él/ ella/ usted and ellos/ ellas/ ustedes

Question 27

For ‘morir’, which two conjugations are irregular

Answer 27

Él/ ella/ usted = murió | Ellos/ ellas/ ustedes = murieron

Question 28

For ‘pedir’, which two conjugations are irregular

Answer 28

Él/ ella/ usted = pidió | Ellos/ ellas/ ustedes = pidieron

Question 29

For ‘reir’, which two conjugations are irregular and what is an important point to note

Answer 29

‘Reir’ has accents on the first ‘i’ of all conjugations other than ‘ellos/ ellas/ ustedes’ which has none. Él/ ella/ usted conjugation has an accent on the ‘o’ Él/ ella/ usted = rió Ellos/ ellas/ ustedes = rieron

Question 30

For ‘seguir’, which two conjugations are irregular

Answer 30

Él/ ella/ usted = siguió | Ellos/ ellas/ ustedes = siguieron

Question 31

For ‘sentir’, which two conjugations are irregular

Answer 31

Él/ ella/ usted = sintió | Ellos/ ellas/ ustedes = sintieron