The Preterite

Question 1

Yesterday

Answer 1

Ayer

Question 2

Day before yesterday

Answer 2

anteayer

Question 3

Last night

Answer 3

anoche

Question 4

Last week

Answer 4

la semana pasada

Question 5

last year

Answer 5

el año pasado

Question 6

Last month

Answer 6

el mes pasado

Question 7

Last weekend

Answer 7

el fin de semana pasado

Question 8

Last Monday

Answer 8

el lunes pasado

Question 9

last friday

Answer 9

el viernes pasado

Question 10

Yesterday morning

Answer 10

Ayer por la mañana

Question 11

Yesterday afternoon/evening

Answer 11

ayer por la tarde

Question 12

Last Saturday morning

Answer 12

el sabado pasado por la mañana

Question 13

Last Monday afternoon

Answer 13

el lunes pasado por la tarde

Question 14

Last Sunday night

Answer 14

el domingo pasado por la noche

Question 15

A week ago

Answer 15

hace una semana

Question 16

A fortnight ago

Answer 16

hace quince días

Question 17

Two years ago

Answer 17

hace dos años

Question 18

Three months ago

Answer 18

hace tres meses

Question 19

20 minutes ago

Answer 19

hace veinte minutos

Question 20

For 2 weeks

Answer 20

durante quince días/ durante dos semanas

Question 21

For 5 years

Answer 21

Durante cinco años

Question 22

For 20 minutes

Answer 22

Durante veinte minutos

Question 23

For 3 days

Answer 23

Durante tres días

Question 24

For half an hour

Answer 24

Durante media hora

Question 25

For two hours

Answer 25

Durante dos horas

Question 26

This morning

Answer 26

Esta mañana

Question 27

This afternoon/evening

Answer 27

Esta tarde

Question 28

I had a great time

Answer 28

Lo pasé fenomenal

Question 29

How do you put an -ar verb into the preterite?

Answer 29

``` Take the -ar ending off and add the following: é aste ó amos asteis aron ```

Question 30

How do you put an -er verb into the preterite?

Answer 30

``` Take the -er ending off and add the following: í iste ió imos isteis ieron ```

Question 31

How do you put an -ir verb into the preterite?

Answer 31

``` Take the -ir ending off and add the following: í iste ió imos isteis ieron ```

Question 32

How do you make a verb negative in the preterite?

Answer 32

Put no in front of the verb e.g no comí

Question 33

How do you ask a question in the preterite?

Answer 33

Put ¿? e.g ¿Comiste?

Question 34

How do you form reflexive verbs in the preterite?

Answer 34

Formed just like verbs in the other tenses | e.g. Me levanté

Question 35

How are boot verbs/ radical changing verbs formed in the preterite?

Answer 35

~No change for -ar and -er verbs ~For -ir verbs i) o changes to u and ii) e changes to i, but only in the 3rd person singular and plural (he/she/it and they)

Question 36

Andar

Answer 36

``` anduve anduviste anduvo anduvimos anduvisteis anduvieron ```

Question 37

Estar

Answer 37

``` estuve estuviste estuvo estuvimos estuvisteis estuvieron ```

Question 38

Tener

Answer 38

``` tuve tuviste tuvo tuvimos tuvisteis tuvieron ```

Question 39

Dar

Answer 39

``` di diste dio dimos disteis dieron ```

Question 40

Ver

Answer 40

``` vi viste vio vimos visteis vieron ```

Question 41

Decir

Answer 41

``` dije dijiste dijo dijimos dijisteis dijeron ```

Question 42

Hacer

Answer 42

``` hice hiciste hizo hicimos hicisteis hicieron ```

Question 43

Poner

Answer 43

``` puse pusiste puso pusiomos pusisteis pusieron ```

Question 44

Querer

Answer 44

``` quise quisiste quiso quisimos quisisteis quisieron ```

Question 45

Venir

Answer 45

``` vine viniste vino vinimos vinisteis vinieron ```

Question 46

Traer

Answer 46

``` traje trajiste trajo trajimos trajisteis trajeron ```

Question 47

Poder

Answer 47

``` pude pudiste pudo pudimos pudisteis pudieron ```

Question 48

Saber

Answer 48

``` supe supiste supo supimos supisteis supieron ```

Question 49

Ir

Answer 49

``` fui fuiste fue fuimos fuisteis fueron ```

Question 50

Ser

Answer 50

``` fui fuiste fue fuimos fuisteis fueron ```

Question 51

There was / there were

Answer 51

Hubo

Question 52

Sacar

Answer 52

``` Saqué Sacaste Sacó Sacamos Sacasteis Sacaron ```

Question 53

Jugar

Answer 53

``` Jugué Jugaste Jugó Jugamos Jugasteis Jugaron ```

Question 54

Almorzar

Answer 54

``` Almorcé Almorzaste Almorzó Almorzamos Almorzasteis Almorzaron ```