Preterite (indefinido)

Question 1

Conjugate hablar in the preterite tense

Answer 1

hablé
hablaste
habló
hablamos
hablasteis
hablaron

Question 2

Conjugate comer in the preterite tense

Answer 2

comí
comiste
comió
comimos
comisteis
comieron

Question 3

Conjugate decidir in the preterite tense

Answer 3

decidí
decidiste
decidió
decidimos
decidisteis
decidieron

Question 4

Conjugate levantarse in the preterite tense

Answer 4

me levanté
te levantaste
se levantó
nos levantamos
os levantasteis
se levantaron

Question 5

What verbs undergo a spell change in the first person singular

Answer 5

verbs that end in
-gar (jugar, llegar) g > gu
yo jugué
-car (buscar, practicar) c > qu
yo busqué
-zar (almorzar, empezar) z > c
yo almorcé

Question 6

What verbs undergo a spell change in the third person

Answer 6

i > y
verbs whose stem ends in a strong vowel (a, e, o) change unstressed i sound to y
leer = usted/él/ella leyó or ustedes/ellos/as = leyeron
oír = usted/él/ella oyó or ustedes/ellos/as = oyeron

Question 7

Name the verbs that are irregular in their root

Answer 7

cerrar = cerré, cierro…
volver = volvió, vuelve…
vestirse = me vesti, te vestiste, se vistió, nos vestimos, os vestisteis, se vistieron
dormir = dormí, dormiste, durmió, dormimos, dormisteis, durmieron

Question 8

List and conjugate the 4 totally irregular verbs in preterite tense

Answer 8

dar: di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron
ir & ser: fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron
ver: vi, viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron

Question 9

List the 8 irregular preterite verbs

Answer 9

estar = estuv-
hacer = hic-
poder = pud-
poner = pus-
querer = quis-
saber = sup-
tener = tuv-
venir = vin-

-e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron

Question 10

What is the preterite tense used to express?

Answer 10

a completed action at some point or moment in the past; the beginning or end of an action in the past; an action in the past that interrupts an action that was already taking place