Transcript The Preterite

The Preterite
It is one of the two past tenses in Spanish.
This tense is used to speak about actions
completed in the past.
They are often –ed words in English:
walked, talked, listened
There are three steps to conjugating in the
preterite:
1. Cut off the –ar, -er, -ir ending
2. Find the appropriate ending
3. Put the beginning and ending together.
The Endings
• -AR
-é
-amos
-aste
-ó
-aron
• -ER
-í
-imos
-iste
-ió
-ieron
• -IR
-í
-imos
-iste
-ió
-ieron
Exeptions
• -AR and –ER boot verbs in the present tense do
not change in the preterite tense.
• VER: is a regular verb in the preterite but it has no
accent marks.
• -car, -gar, -zar verbs have a spelling change in the
YO form
• Buscar c-qu  Busqué
• Pagar g-gu  pagué
• Almorzar z-c  almorcé
Practica
Escoger (yo)
Probar (ellos)
Enviar (Juan y yo)
Comprar (Uds.)
Buscar (yo)
Comer (tu)
Escribir (Carmen)
Jugar (yo)