Preterite Tense Flashcards

Spanish Preterite Tense (34 cards)

1
Q

When do you use the Preterite Tense?

A

Single, completed actions in the past (Yesterday, I went to the cinema)

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Q

Regular -ar verb endings

A
  • é
  • aste
  • ó
  • amos
  • asteis
  • aron
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3
Q

Regular -er verb endings

A
  • í
  • iste
  • imos
  • isteis
  • ieron
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4
Q

Regular -ir verb endings

A
  • í
  • iste
  • imos
  • isteis
  • ieron
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5
Q

Which stem-changing verbs take stem changes in the Preterite? (And in which parts?)

A
  • Only -ir stem-changing verbs (not -ar / -er verbs)

- Stem change only occurs in parts 3 (él/ella/usted) and 6 (ellos/ellas/ustedes)

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6
Q

Stem-changing verbs in Preterite…
e>?
o>?

A

e>i

o>u

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7
Q

pedir (stem-changing) - to ask for

A
pedí 
pediste 
pidió 
pedimos 
pedisteis 
pidieron
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8
Q

dormir (stem-changing verb) - to sleep

A
dormí
dormiste
durmió
dormimos
dormisteis
durmieron
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9
Q
  • car verbs have irregular ‘yo’ forms

- tocar (to play an instrument)

A
toqué
tocaste
tocó
tocamos
tocasteis
tocaron
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10
Q
  • gar verbs have irregular ‘yo’ forms

- jugar (to play a sport)

A
jugué
jugaste
jugó
jugamos
jugastéis
jugaron
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11
Q
  • zar verbs have iregular ‘yo’ forms

- cruzar (to cross)

A
crucé
cruzaste
cruzó
cruzamos
cruzasteis
cruzaron
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12
Q

andar (irregular) - to walk

A
anduve
anduviste
anduvo
anduvimos
anduvisteis
anduvieron
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13
Q

caber (irregular) - to fit

A
cupe
cupiste
cupo
cupimos
cupisteis
cupieron
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14
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estar (irregular) - to be

A
estuve
estuviste
estuvo
estuvimos
estuvisteis
estuvieron
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15
Q

hacer (irregular) - to do

A
hice
hiciste
hizo
hicimos
hicisteis
hicieron
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16
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poder (irregular) - to be able to

A
pude
pudiste
pudo
pudimos
pudisteis
pudieron
17
Q

poner (irregular) - to put

A
puse
pusiste
puso
pusimos
pusisteis
pusieron
18
Q

querer (irregular) - to want

A
quise
quisiste
quiso
quisimos
quisisteis
quisieron
19
Q

saber (irregular) - to know (a fact)

A
supe
supiste
supo
supimos
supisteis
supieron
20
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tener (irregular) - to have

A
tuve
tuviste
tuvo
tuvimos
tuvisteis
tuvieron
21
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venir (irregular) - to come

A
vine
viniste
vino
vinimos
vinisteis
vinieron
22
Q

conducir (irregular) - to drive

A
conduje
condujiste
condujo
condujimos
condujisteis
condujeron
23
Q

decir (irregular) - to say

A
dije
dijiste
dijo
dijimos
dijisteis
dijieron
24
Q

introducir (irregular) - to introduce

A
introduje
introdujiste
introdujo
introdujimos
introdujisteis
introdujeron
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producir (irregular) - to produce
``` produje produjiste produjo produjimos produjisteis produjeron ```
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reducir (irregular) - to reduce
``` reduje redujiste redujo redujimos redujisteis redujeron ```
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traducir (irregular) - to translate
``` traduje tradujiste tradujo tradujimos tradujisteis tradujeron ```
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traer (irregular) - to bring
``` traje trajiste trajo trajimos trajisteis trajeron ```
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ser (irregular) - to be
``` fui fuiste fue fuimos fuisteis fueron ```
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ir (irregular) - to go
``` fui fuiste fue fuimos fuisteis fueron ```
31
dar (irregular) - to give
``` di diste dio dimos disteis dieron ```
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Time Phrases - yesterday - last night - the day before yesterday
- ayer - anoche - anteayer
33
Time Phrases - last week - last month - last year - last summer - last winter
- la semana pasada - el mes pasado - el año pasado - el verano pasado - el invierno pasado
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Time Phrases - two days ago - two weeks ago - two months ago - two years ago
- hace dos días - hace dos semanas - hace dos meses - hace dos años