SPAN-2311 Preterite

Question 1

Decir

Answer 1

Say/tell; Dije - I said/told

Question 2

Traer

Answer 2

Bring/wear; Traje - I brought/wore

Question 3

“J” group

Answer 3

Decir, traer, conducir, traducir, producir

e
iste
o
imos
(j)eron

Question 4

Conducir

Answer 4

Drive; Conduje - I drove

Question 5

Traducir

Answer 5

Translate; Traduje - I translated

Question 6

Producir

Answer 6

Produce/make; Produje - I produced/made

Question 7

Hacer

Answer 7

Make/cause; Hice - I made/caused
(*hizo in 3rd person singular)

Question 8

“I” group

Answer 8

Hacer, venir, querer

e
iste
o
imos
ieron

Question 9

Venir

Answer 9

Come; Vine - I came

Question 10

Querer

Answer 10

Want; Quise - I tried to do it (no quise - I refused to do it)

Question 11

“U” group

Answer 11

Saber, andar, poder, poner, estar, tener

e
iste
o
imos
ieron

Question 12

Saber

Answer 12

Know/taste; Supe - I found out

Question 13

Andar

Answer 13

Walk; Anduve - I walked

Question 14

Poder

Answer 14

Can; Pude - I was sucessful (no pude - I was unable)

Question 15

Poner

Answer 15

Put/place; Puse - I put/placed

Question 16

Estar

Answer 16

To be; Estuve - I was

Question 17

Tener

Answer 17

Have; Tuve - I had

Question 18

Preterite rules (regular)

Answer 18

1. car/gar/zar (yo form only, c-qu, g-gu, z-c)
2. -aer, -eer, uir, oír = i-y, w/accent in all but 3rd person plural
3. stem change in -ir = only 3rd person & 3rd person plural; e-i, o-u

Question 19

Preterite endings

Answer 19

AR (é, aste, ó, amos, aron), ER/IR (í, iste, ió, imos ieron)

Question 20

Ser/ir

Answer 20

fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuieron

Question 21

Dar

Answer 21

di, diste, dio, dimos, dieron

Question 22

Ver

Answer 22

vi, viste, vio, vimos, vieron