Preterite Irregulars

Question 1

Servir (goes like -ir verbs whose final stem-vowel is e, and that have e -> i changes e.g competir, impedir, medir, pedir, vestir)

Answer 1

Serví
Serviste
Sirvió
Servimos
Servisteis
Sirvieron

Question 2

Dormir (verbs that go o -> u in the third person preterite forms (it/they), morir is the only other verb like this)

Answer 2

Dormí
Dormiste
Durmió
Dormimos
Dormisteis
Durmieron

Question 3

Preferir (model for ir verbs which have e -> i changes in third person preterite forms, like convertir, divertirse, interferir, mentir, sentir)

Answer 3

Preferí
Preferiste
Prefirió
Preferimos
Preferisteis
Prefirieron

Question 4

Venir (goes like intervenir, prevenir)

Answer 4

Vine
Viniste
Vino
Vinimos
Vinisteis
Vinieron

Question 5

Tener (goes like contener, detener, mantener, obtener)

Answer 5

Tuve
Tuviste
Tuvo
Tuvimos
Tuvisteis
Tuvieron

Question 6

Poder

Answer 6

Pude
Pudiste
Pudo
Pudimos
Pudisteis
Pudieron

Question 7

Poner (goes like exponer, oponerse (oppose), proponer, suponer)

Answer 7

Puse
Pusiste
Puso
Pusimos
Pusisteis
Pusieron

Question 8

Traer (goes like contraer, distraer)

Answer 8

Traje
Trajiste
Trajo
Trajimos
Trajisteis
Trajeron

Question 9

Reducir (goes like conducir, introducir)

Answer 9

Reduje
Redujiste
Redujo
Redujimos
Redujisteis
Redujeron

Question 10

Creer (model for most verbs ending in aer, eer, e.g leer, caer, poseer), also construir and all uir verbs (but they follow normal accent patterns)

Answer 10

Creí
Creíste
Creyó
Creímos
Creísteis
Creyeron

Question 11

Er/ir verbs whose stem ends in ñ or ll drop the i from the classic er/ir ending e.g gruñir (to grumble), bullir (to boil) reñir (to argue)

Answer 11

Gruñó, gruñeron
Riño, riñeron

Question 12

Verbs like buscar, acercarse, atacar, chocar, marcar, destacar (harsh k sound) spell change in yo form

Answer 12

C -> qu
Busqué but buscaste, buscó, buscaron
Saqué

Question 13

Verbs with a stem ending in g like pagar, cargar, entregar, spell change in yo form

Answer 13

G -> gu
Pagué
Llegué
Cargué

Question 14

All verbs ending in -zar have a spell change in the yo form e.g cruzar

Answer 14

Crucé but cruzaste, cruzó etc.

Question 15

Preterite of ver

Answer 15

Vi
Viste
Vio
Vimos
Visteis
Vieron

Question 16

Preterite of ser/ir

Answer 16

Fui
Fuiste
Fue
Fuimos
Fuisteis
Fueron

Question 17

Pretérito grave - do they have accents?

Answer 17

No

Question 18

They all go like estar

Answer 18

Estuve
Estuviste
Estuvo
Estuvimos
Estuvisteis
Estuvieron

Question 19

Andar

Answer 19

Anduve

Question 20

Caber

Answer 20

Cupe

Question 21

Poder

Answer 21

Pude

Question 22

Poner

Answer 22

Puse

Question 23

Hacer (and deshacer, rehacer, satisfacer)

Answer 23

Hice

Question 24

Saber

Answer 24

Supe

Question 25

Tener

Answer 25

Tuve

Question 26

Venir (and convenir, prevenir, provenir, intervenir, contravenir)

Answer 26

Vine

Question 27

Those with a stem ending in -j eg. Dije, traje, conduje do what in third person plural

Answer 27

Take eron Dijeron

Question 28

What is the meaning of supe

Answer 28

I realised, I found out, I learnt

Question 29

What is the meaning of conocí

Answer 29

I met/got to know

Question 30

Preterite endings ar

Answer 30

É Aste Ó Amos Asteis Aron

Question 31

Preterite endings er/ir

Answer 31

Í Iste Ió Imos Isteis Ieron