Intro to Preterite past tense - regular verbs

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Spanish
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10 , 11 , 12 , 9
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SPA
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Spanish Preterite Past Tense: Regular Verbs Practice

StudyStacks to help you Present tense - regular -ar verbs past tense - regular -ar verbs Present or past? - Set 1 Present tense I speak Spanish. My mom cooks spaghetti. I'm tired. I'm a good student, if a little talkative. Past tense My friends and I played soccer yesterday. I had a job in the college bookstore. I baked some chicken enchiladas last week. Last year my family traveled to Florida. Present or past? - Set 2(Now try this in Spanish!) Present tense Yo nado en el verano. Mi familia es de Sedalia. Marcos trabaja en El Tapatio. Mis amigos y yo comemos en Fazoli's. Yo vivo en una casa blanca. Mis hermanas van a leer. Mi amigo Andrés almuerza en la cafetería. Preterite past tense Yo comí los tacos de carne asada anoche. Tú trabajaste por seis horas ayer. Miguel y Anita jugaron los videojuegos. Mi familia vivió en Illinois. Yo leí un libro cómico el verado pasado. Mis amigos y yo fuimos a comer. Mi amiga Eva almorzó en Panera. Regular Preterite -ar verb endings Organize the Preterite past tense endings in the verb chart. (You aren't responsible for vosotros on tests and quizzes but need to at least recognize it.) é amos aste (asteis) ó aron Present to Preterite past tense, set 1 -ar verbsCopy and paste the accented vowels where you need them: é ó Yo nado en la piscina. (I swim or I am swimming in the pool.) → Yo nadé en la piscina. (I swam in the pool.)¿Tú compras los boletos? (Are you buying the tickets?) → ¿Tú compraste los boletos? (Did you buy the tickets?)Eduardo trabaja en el restaurante. (Eduardo words at the restaurant.) → Eduardo trabajó en el restaurante. (Eduardo worked at the restaurant.)Mi hermana y yo preparamos las lecciones. (My sister and I prepare the lessons.) → Mi hermana y yo preparamos las lecciones. (My sister and I prepared the lessons.)Mis padres miran la película. (My parents watch the movie.) → Mis padres miraron la película. (My parents watched the movie.) Regular Preterite -er and -ir verb endings Organize the Preterite past tense endings in the verb chart. (You aren't responsible for vosotros on tests and quizzes but need to at least recognize it.) í imos iste (isteis) ió ieron Present to Preterite past tense, set 2 -er verbsCopy and paste the accented vowels where you need them: í ó Yo leo el libro de la clase de inglés. (I read the book for English class.) → Yo leí el libro de la clase de inglés. (I read the book for English class.)¿Tú aprendes el español? (Are you learning Spanish?) → ¿Tú aprendiste el español? → (Did you learn Spanish?)Mi prima vive en California. (My cousin lives in California.) → Mi prima vivió en California. (My cousin lived in California.)Mi familia y yo comemos los tacos. (My family and I eat the tacos.) → Mi familia y yo comimos the tacos. (My family and I ate the tacos.)Carlos y sus amigos comparten la pizza. (Carlos and his friends share the pizza.) → Carlos y sus amigos compartieron la pizza. (Carlos and his friends share the pizza.) Which phrase says "I studied with Pepe"? Estudio con Pepe. Estudié con Pepe. Estudió con Pepe. Which phrase says "My dad worked last Friday"? Mi padre trabajo el viernes pasado. Mi padre trabaja el viernes pasado. Mi padre trabajó el viernes pasado. Which phrase says "My cousins cooked dinner"? Mis primos cocinaron la cena. Mis primos cocinamos la cena. Mis primos cocinan la cena. Which phrase says "My sister walked (with) the dog"? Mi hermana camina con el perro. Mi hermana camino con el perro. Mi hermana caminó con el perro. Which phrase asks "Did you work yesterday?" ¿Trabajas ayer? ¿Trabajaste ayer? ¿Trabajan ayer? Which phrase asks "Did we eat all the steak?" ¿Comimos todo el bistec? ¿Comemos todo el bistec? ¿Comieron todo el bistec? Which phrase says ¨We understood the homework"? Comprendemos la tarea. Comprendimos la tarea. Comprendes la tarea. Which is true about the Preterite past tense structure? Select ALL that apply. -er and -ir verbs use the same endings "Yo" and "él" endings for -ar verbs are reversed from present tense to preterite past tense Accent marks are super important and change the meaning and time frame if they are left off It's an unnecessarily complicated and totally useless structure--we never speak about things that happened in the past. Write 2 sentences using regular -ar, -er, or -ir verbs using Preterite past tense telling what happened yesterday =ayer Use the StudyStack posted at the top of this page to help you.Google isn't in my class so doesn't get credit. : accented vowels you might need: é í ó Now illustrate your sentences

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