Preterite

Question 1

What is the preterite used for?

Answer 1

To describe actions and events that began or were completed at specific moment in the past.

Question 2

-AR, yo form

Answer 2

-é

Question 3

-AR, tú form

Answer 3

-aste

Question 4

-AR, ud./él/ella form

Answer 4

-ó

Question 5

-AR, nos. form

Answer 5

-amos

Question 6

-AR, vos. form

Answer 6

-asteis

Question 7

-AR, uds./ellos/ellas form

Answer 7

-aron

Question 8

-ER and -IR, yo form

Answer 8

-í

Question 9

-ER and -IR, tú form

Answer 9

-iste

Question 10

-ER and -IR, ud./él/ella form

Answer 10

-ió

Question 11

-ER and -IR, nos. form

Answer 11

-imos

Question 12

-ER and -IR, vos. form

Answer 12

-isteis

Question 13

-ER and -IR, uds./ellos/ellas

Answer 13

-ieron

Question 14

What is the spelling change -car verbs have in the yo form?

Answer 14

-car –> -qué

Question 15

What is the spelling change -gar verbs have in the yo form?

Answer 15

-gar –> -gué

Question 16

What is the spelling change -zar verbs have in the yo form?

Answer 16

-zar –> -cé

Question 17

What happens in the ud/el/ella and uds./ellos/ellas forms when the last letter before the -ar,-er, and -ir endings is a vowel? (ex. caer/leer/creer/oír)

Answer 17

you add a y before the preterite ending ( also add accent mark to the i in the preterite endings of the other forms)

Question 18

What forms do stem-changing -ir verbs also stem change in the preterite?

Answer 18

3rd person singular and plural (pedir –> pidió and pidieron)

Question 19

andar (to walk)

Answer 19

anduve
anduviste
anduvo
anduvimos
anduvisteis
anduvieron

Question 20

estar (to be)

Answer 20

estuve
estuviste
estuvo
estuvimos
estuvisteis
estuvieron

Question 21

poder (to be able to)

Answer 21

pude
pudiste
pudo
pudimos
pudisteis
pudieron

Question 22

saber(to know/ to taste)

Answer 22

supe
supiste
supo
supimos
supisteis
supieron

Question 23

tener (to have)

Answer 23

tuve
tuviste
tuvo
tuvimos
tuvisteis
tuvieron

Question 24

hacer (to do)

Answer 24

hice
hiciste
hizo
hicimos
hicisteis
hicieron

Question 25

querer (to want)

Answer 25

quise quisiste quiso quisimos quisisteis quisieron

Question 26

venir (to come)

Answer 26

vine viniste vino vinimos vinisteis vinierion

Question 27

conducir (to drive)

Answer 27

conduje condujiste condujo condujimos condujisteis condujeron

Question 28

decir (to say)

Answer 28

dije dijiste dijo dijimos dijisteis dijeron

Question 29

traer (to bring)

Answer 29

traje trajiste trajo trajimos trajisteis trajeron

Question 30

What of most verbs have j-stems in the preterite?

Answer 30

-cir verbs

Question 31

ser (to be)

Answer 31

fui fuiste fue fuimos fuisteis fueron

Question 32

ir (to go)

Answer 32

fui fuiste fue fuimos fuisteis fueron

Question 33

dar (to give)

Answer 33

di diste dio dimos disteis dieron

Question 34

ver (to see)

Answer 34

vi viste vio vimos visteis vieron

Question 35

What is the preterite of hay?

Answer 35

hubo