Preterite Tense Review

Question 1

When do you use the preterite tense?

Answer 1

When you are talking in the past tense

Question 2

-ar endings

Answer 2

é aste ó amos aron

Question 3

-er/ir endings

Answer 3

í iste ió imos ieron

Question 4

Conjugate hablar

Answer 4

Hablé hablaste habló hablamos hablaron

Question 5

Conjugate comer

Answer 5

Comí comiste comió comimos comieron

Question 6

Conjugate vivir

Answer 6

Viví viviste vivió vivimos vivieron

Question 7

-Car/-Gar/-Zar

Answer 7

Verbs ending in those letters. In the yo form, the spelling of their endings change.

Question 8

In which form does -car/-gar/-zar change the spelling of their endings?

Answer 8

The yo form

Question 9

Car -> ?

Answer 9

Qué

Question 10

Gar -> ?

Answer 10

Gué

Question 11

Zar -> ?

Answer 11

Cé

Question 12

Conjugate sacar

Answer 12

Saqué, sacaste, sacó, sacamos, sacaron

Question 13

Conjugate pagar

Answer 13

Pagué, pagaste, pagó, pagamos, pagaron

Question 14

Conjugate lanzar

Answer 14

Lancé lanzaste lanzó lanzamos lanzaron

Question 15

By the way, what does lanzar mean?

Answer 15

To throw

Question 16

i->y and its examples

Answer 16

Verbs in the preterite that have an i normally but it changes to a y.
Examples:
-eer
-aer
-oír
-uir

Question 17

How about -guir? Does it fall into this category along with -uir?

Answer 17

No.

Question 18

Conjugate leer

Answer 18

Leí leíste leyó leímos leyeron

Question 19

Conjugate caer

Answer 19

Caí caíste cayó caímos cayeron

Question 20

By the way, what does caer mean?

Answer 20

To fall

Question 21

Conjugate oír

Answer 21

Oí, oíste, oyó, oímos, oyeron

Question 22

Twin verbs

Answer 22

Dar+Ver, Ser+Ir

Question 23

Conjugate dar

Answer 23

Di diste dio dimos dieron

Question 24

Conjugate ver

Answer 24

Vi viste vio vimos vieron

Question 25

Conjugate ser/ir

Answer 25

Fui fuiste fue fuimos fueron

Question 26

Haber in preterite

Answer 26

Hubo

Question 27

By the way, what does haber mean?

Answer 27

To have

Question 28

Conjugate huir

Answer 28

Huí huiste huyó huimos huyeron

Question 29

In which forms does the i change to y?

Answer 29

Ud. + Uds.

Question 30

Which types of verbs do and do not have stem changers?

Answer 30

Do -ir Do not -ar+er

Question 31

Conjugate almorzar

Answer 31

Almorcé almorzaste almorzó almorzamos almorzaron

Question 32

Conjugate volver

Answer 32

Volví volviste volvió volvimos volvieron

Question 33

Types of stem changers in preterite

Answer 33

o -> u, e -> i

Question 34

In which forms do verbs stem change in the preterite?

Answer 34

Ud. & Uds.

Question 35

Conjugate dormir

Answer 35

Dormí dormiste durmió dormimos durmieron

Question 36

Conjugate seguir

Answer 36

Seguí seguiste siguió seguimos siguieron

Question 37

Conjugate pedir

Answer 37

Pedí pediste pidió pedimos pidieron

Question 38

Conjugate sentir

Answer 38

Sentí sentiste sintió sentimos sintieron

Question 39

Conjugate divertirse

Answer 39

Me divertí, te divertiste, se divirtió, nos divertimos, se divirtieron