102 - preterite and ch. 8 crap

Question 1

(-ar endings)

yo

Answer 1

-é

Question 2

(-ar endings)

tú

Answer 2

-aste

Question 3

(-ar endings)

él, ella, usted

Answer 3

-ó

Question 4

(-ar endings)

nosotros

Answer 4

-amos

Question 5

(-ar endings)

vosotros

Answer 5

-asteis

Question 6

(-ar endings)

ellos, ellas, ustedes

Answer 6

-aron

Question 7

(-er and -ir endings)

yo

Answer 7

-í

Question 8

(-er and -ir endings)

tú

Answer 8

-iste

Question 9

(-er and -ir endings)

él, ella, usted

Answer 9

-ió

Question 10

(-er and -ir endings)

nosotros

Answer 10

-imos

Question 11

(-er and -ir endings)

vosotros

Answer 11

-isteis

Question 12

(-er and -ir endings)

ellos, ellas, ustedes

Answer 12

-ieron

Question 13

… verbs that stem change in the present tense and … present tense stem-changing verbs do not stem-change in any other tenses including the preterite

Answer 13

• ar;

- er

Question 14

… verbs that stem change int he present tense continue to have stem-changes

Answer 14

-ir verbs;

Question 15

• ir verbs that stem change in the present tense continue to have stem changes:
• however, these stem changes occur only in the … and …

Answer 15

3rd person singular (el, ella, usted);

3rd person plural (ellos, ellas, ustedes)

Question 16

-ir verbs that stem change in the present tense continue to have stem changes:

they follow the same stem changing pattern they have in the present progressive tense:

a. the O–>UE stem changers change to … as they did with the -ing form
b. and the e–> ie and the e–>i change to … as they did with the ing form

Answer 16

u;

i;

Question 17

examples of stem changing verbs in preterite: 
... (..., ...)
... (..., ...)
... (..., ...) 
... (..., ...)
... (...., ...)
... (..., ...)

Answer 17

dormir; ue; u; 
morir; ue; u; 
servir; i; i; 
preferir; ie; i; 
repetir; i; i; 
pedir; i ;i

Question 18

when both direct and indirect object pronouns are used int he same sentence, the … comes first (e.g. ella nos la recomendó a nosotros)

Answer 18

indirect object pronoun

Question 19

when direct object pronouns lo, la, los, las comes after the indirect object pronouns le or les, this indirect object pronoun must be changed to …

Answer 19

se

Question 20

spanish typically uses the adverbs … and … before an adjective to indicate that something has more or less of a particular quality

Answer 20

más;

menos

Question 21

• usually … is used when making a comparison (e.g. mi coche es más grande [insert word from my answer] tu coche)
• the most common irregular comparatives and superlatives are those involving bueno and malo. the comparative and superlative forms are … and …
• the forms … and … can also be used as irregular comparatives and superlatives when referring to age

Answer 21

que; 
mejor; 
peor; 
mayor; 
menor 
*note: when saying "the worst" it would just change to "el peor" rather than simply "peor". likewise, when saying "oldest" it would be "el mayor" rather than just mayor

Question 22

… is sometimes considered to be an optional superlative of malo and … such a superlative of grande

Answer 22

pésimo;

máximo

Question 23

in expressions of equality, we use …. to express “as many (‘things’ - noun/s) as” or “as much (‘stuff’ noun) as”
- the structure in a sentence would be …

Answer 23

tanto/a/os/as …. como;

tanto/a/os/as [noun/s] como

Question 24

tanto is an …

Answer 24

adjective

Question 25

we use the expression … when comparing characteristics and personality traits. it means “as (adjective or adverb) as”

Answer 25

tan…como

Question 26

tan is an …

Answer 26

adverb

Question 27

when we want to say we do something as much as another person (or thing) we put … together as a phrase. in this case, the word we use here doesn’t change since it is being used as an adverb

Answer 27

tanto como

Question 28

when the comparison involves a numerical expression, … is used instead of que (e.g. más [insert answer] cincuenta pesos)

Answer 28

de