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El Pretérito
Pretérito perfecto simple
(the preterite)

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Can you guess the names of these subjects (asignaturas)?

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You have just received your class schedule for next
year. What subjects do you have?
.
Tengo ________________

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Up to now you have learned to talk about things happening ahora
(now), hoy (today), and even mañana (tomorrow). Now you will
learn to talk about things that happened anoche (last night), ayer
(yesterday), la semana pasada (last week), el mes pasado (last
month), or el año pasado (last year). Of course, you need to use
verbs in the past tense. One such past tense in Spanish is the
PRETERIT. The PRETERIT is used to express actions or events
that started and were completed in the past and happened only once.
It is a past action
In English, the regular past verb ends in -ed
I talked (regular verb)
I bought (irregular)
I paid (irregular)

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ayer
el (lunes) pasado
esta manana
anoche
el ano pasado
anteayer

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Introducción a los verbos -AR
yo - E
tú - ASTE
él
ella - O
usted
nosotros
nosotras - AMOS
vosotros
vosotras - ASTEIS
ellos
ellas - ARON
ustedes
Singular Pronouns Plural Pronouns

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Introducción a los verbos -ER & IR
yo - I
tú - ISTE
él
ella - IO
usted
nosotros
nosotras - IMOS
vosotros
vosotras - ISTEIS
ellos
ellas - IERON
ustedes
Singular Pronouns Plural Pronouns

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Just like present tense verbs, some verbs are
irregular in the preterite tense.
Ser (to be) & Ir (to go)

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Estar ( to be)

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Answer the following questions in complete
Spanish sentences.
¿Miró Ud. la televisión anoche?
¿Estudió Ud. la lección de español anoche?
.

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Answer the following questions in complete
Spanish sentences.
¿Habló Ud. ayer por teléfono con sus amigos?
¿Trabajó Ud. el verano pasado?
.

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You have to write a composition in Spanish about what
happened in school yesterday. Express the following in
Spanish.
1. The teacher opened the door at eight fifteen.
__________________________________________________________________
2. We learned new words in Spanish.
__________________________________________________________________
3. The students wrote on the blackboard.
__________________________________________________________________
4. Manuel closed all the windows.
__________________________________________________________________
5. I ate a hamburger in the cafeteria.
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6. My friends drank a soda.
_____________________________________________________
7. You (formal) studied for an exam.
_____________________________________________________
8. Pepe saw a Mexican film.
_____________________________________________________
9. María used the teacher’s dictionary.
_____________________________________________________
10. We left the school at three o’clock.
_____________________________________________________

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