Talking about the past

Question 1

Antes – Before
• Más temprano – Earlier
• Antes de venir aquí – Before coming here
• Antes de ir ahí – Before going there
• En la mañana – In the morning
• En la tarde – In the afternoon
• En la noche – In the evening
• Ayer – Yesterday
• La semana pasada – Last week
• El viernes pasado – Last Friday
• El mes pasado – Last month
• Hace seis meses – 6 months ago
• Hace tres días – 3 days ago
• Hace dos horas – 2 hours ago
• Hace veinte minutos – 20 minutes ago

Answer 1

Antes – Before
• Más temprano – Earlier
• Antes de venir aquí – Before coming here
• Antes de ir ahí – Before going there
• En la mañana – In the morning
• En la tarde – In the afternoon
• En la noche – In the evening
• Ayer – Yesterday
• La semana pasada – Last week
• El viernes pasado – Last Friday
• El mes pasado – Last month
• Hace seis meses – 6 months ago
• Hace tres días – 3 days ago
• Hace dos horas – 2 hours ago
• Hace veinte minutos – 20 minutes ago

Question 2

AR Verb Conjugation Preterite tense:

• Compro
• Compras
• Compra
• Compramos
• Compran

Answer 2

AR Verb Conjugation Preterite Tense:
compré (I bought)

Compraste (you bought)

Compró (he/she bought)

Compramos (we bought)

Compraron (they bought)

Compran (they buy) → compraron (they bought)

Question 3

Which verb ending to these goes with? What tense is this?

• o → -é
• as → -aste
• a → -ó
• amos → -amos
• an → -aron

Answer 3

These are AR verb endings in the preterite tense

• o → -é
• as → -aste
• a → -ó
• amos → -amos
• an → -aron

Question 4

What verb ending do these goes with? What tense is this?

• o → -í
• es → -iste
• e → -ió
• emos → -imos
• en → -ieron

Answer 4

What verb ending do these go with? IR and ER verbs. This is preterite tense.

• o → -í
• es → -iste
• e → -ió
• emos → -imos
• en → -ieron

Question 5

You want to talk about a completed action about yourself in regards to eating. The verb is comer.

Translate this sentence: I ate beans and rice last night. He ate beans and rice last night.

Translate this sentence now: What did you do last night?

Translate this last sentence: They ran ayer.

Answer 5

• Anoche, comí frijolez y arroz.
• Anoche, comió frijolez y arroz.
• Que hiciste anoche?
• Corrieron ayer.

Question 6

How do you conjugate “to drive” in spanish preterite tense?

• Yo
• tu
• el/ella
• nosotros
• ellos/ellas

Answer 6

Manejar:

• Manejé (yo)
• Manejaste (tu)
• Manejó(el/ella)
• Manejamos (nosotros)
• Manejaron (ellos/ellas)