Transcript Preterite Tense Slideshow

El Preterito
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.
Limpiar- to clean
Yo limpié
I cleaned, I did clean,
I was cleaning
Nosotros
limpiamos
Tú limpiaste
x
Él limpió
Ellos
limpiaron
Cocinar – to cook
Yo cociné
Tú cocinaste
Él cocina
Nosotros cocinamos
x
Ellos cocinaron
En el paquete….
1. My brother cleaned the kitchen =
_______________________________
2.I washed the dishes last night =
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3.My parents cooked the dinner =
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4.Did you buy vegetables?
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5. Did you clear the table?
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6.Did the children bathe?
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7.The girls helped their grandparents =
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8.Nacho and Dorito listened to music =
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9.Sofía talked with Pedro.
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10.Gustavo and I dusted the lamp (took the dust from the
lamp)=
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11. The student studied.
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