The Preterite tense (el preterito)

Question 1

Yo AR

Answer 1

é

Question 2

tú AR

Answer 2

aste

Question 3

él AR

Answer 3

ó

Question 4

nosotros AR

Answer 4

amos

Question 5

ellos/ustedes AR

Answer 5

aron

Question 6

vosotros AR

Answer 6

asteis

Question 7

yo ER/IR

Answer 7

í

Question 8

tú IR/ER

Answer 8

iste

Question 9

él ER/IR

Answer 9

ió

Question 10

nosotros ER/IR

Answer 10

imos

Question 11

vosotros ER/IR

Answer 11

isteis

Question 12

ustedes ER/IR

Answer 12

ieron

Question 13

when to use the preterite tense

Answer 13

1) complete events in the past e.g. ( I bought a car )
2) when talking about beginnings or endings (it BEGAN to snow or the movie ENDED with a surprise
3) Specific times and dates e.g. ( I got back yesterday at 10 or he lived in perue for 2 months)
4)listing past events in sequence e.g. ( I got up, I brushed my teeth, I styled my hair)

Question 14

Irregular 1?

Answer 14

ER and IR verbs that end with ñ or ll drop the “i “ in their y”yo” form endingending E.g.

Bullir- would be bullió (wrong)

bulló (correct)

Question 15

rule 2?

Answer 15

verbs ending in car/gar/zar change spelling in the “YO” form

c -> qué (busque)
g -> gué ( pagué)
z-> cé ( comenzé)

Question 16

rule 3 ?

Answer 16

verbs ending in aer/oir/oer in “EL/ELLA/USTED” and “ustedes” form has a “y” and “EL/ELLA/USTED” gains an accent

e.g leer

leí
leiste
LEYÓ
leímos
leísteis
LEYERON

Question 17

rule 4?

Answer 17

verbs ending in uir have “y” in their “el,ella,usted” and “ustedes “ form and an accent.

e.g huir

huí
huiste
HUYÓ
huimos
huisteis
HUYERON

Question 18

lastly do stem changers