Regular Verbs in the Preterite (Unit 1)

Question 1

What verbs can experience a stem change in the preterite tense?

Answer 1

Only IR verbs and only in the Él/Ella/Usted and Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes forms and only for ir verbs

Question 2

Ir verbs

Answer 2

Yo: ir to í
Tú: ir to iste
Él/Ella/Usted: ir to ió
Nosotros: ir to imos
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes: ir to ieron

Question 3

Er Verbs

Answer 3

Yo: er to í
Tú: er to iste
Él/Ella/Usted: er to ió
Nosotros: er to imos
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes: er to ieron

Question 4

What is the stem change for a o to ue verb?

Answer 4

The o that would normally change switches to a u.

Question 5

What is the stem change for an e to i verb or an e to ie verb?

Answer 5

The e that would normally changes switches to an i.

Question 6

Ar Verbs

Answer 6

Yo: ar to e
Tú: ar to aste
Él/Ella/Usted: ar to ó
Nosotros: ar to amos
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes: ar to aron

Question 7

Car Verbs

Answer 7

In the yo form of the verb the car is changed to “qu”
buscar –> yo busqué

Question 8

Gar Verbs

Answer 8

In the yo form of the verb the gar is changed to “gu”
llegar –> yo llegué

Question 9

Zar Verbs

Answer 9

In the yo form of the verb the zar is changed to “c”
almorzar –> yo almorcé