Transcript AR preterito

El Pretérito
El Preterito
So far, you have worked with the
present tenses in Spanish.
There are 2 past tenses in Spanish.
We are going to learn the preterite
tense.
The Preterite Tense
The preterite is used for talking about
actions completed in the past.
Preterite of regular - AR verbs
To form the preterite of a regular –AR
verb, you drop the -AR, then add
the correct ending to the stem.
When you drop the –AR of the verb,
you are left with the stem.
Hablar -> Habl
Comprar -> Compr
Preterite of regular –AR verbs
-é
-amos
Yo hablé
Nosotros hablamos
We talked, we did talk,
we were talking
-aste
x
I talked, I did talk, I was
talking
-ó
-aron
Tú hablaste
x
You talked, you did talk,
you are talking
Él habló
He talked, he did talk,
he was talking
Ellos hablaron
They talked, they did
talk, they were
talking
Aguas (careful!)
This tense can be tricky because the
accents are so important and really
change the meaning =
Hablo = I talk.
Habló = He/she talked.
Bailar- to dance
Yo bailé
I cleaned, I did clean,
I was cleaning
Nosotros
bailamos
Tú bailaste
x
Él bailó
Ellos
bailaron
Estudiar = to study
Yo estudié
Tú estudiaste
Él estudió
Nosotros estudiamos
x
Ellos estudiaron
En el paquete….
1. My brother helped my parents =
_______________________________
2.I prepared the dinner =
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3.My parents worked a lot =
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4.Did you buy fruit?
_______________________________
5. Did you take care of your lil brother?
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6.Did the children study?
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7.The girls visited their grandparents =
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8.Lola and Carmen listened to music =
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9. Día talked with Paolo.
__________________________________________
10.Karina and and I danced at the party =
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11. Your friend sang in the chorus.
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