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The preterite tense is one of many past tenses in Spanish.
It is one of the tenses that you will be expected to use in your work in order achieve a grade C or above.
The preterite tense is used to describe actions that happened in the past.
It is only used to describe completed actions in the past – actions that are over and done with.
We use the preterite tense in Spanish when in English we would say: ‘I bought’, ‘I did’, ‘I saw’ etc.
Can you remember what the preterite tense is?
The preterite tense is one of many past tenses in Spanish.
It is one of the tenses that you will be expected to use in your work in order achieve a grade C or above.
Can you remember when the preterite tense is used?
The preterite tense is used to describe actions that happened in the past.
It is only used to describe completed actions in the past – actions that are over and done with.
We use the preterite tense in Spanish when in English we would say: ‘I bought’, ‘I did’, ‘I saw’ etc.
Remove the ending from the infinitive (-AR, -ER or -IR) and add the endings below:
Regular preterit tense verbs
(AR) comprar– to buy
(ER) comer – to eat
(IR) vivir – to live
yo (I) compré comí viví
tú (you, 1 pers fam) compraste comiste viviste
él/ella (he, she) compró comió vivió
Usted (you, 1 pers, formal) compró comió vivió
nosotros (we) compramos comimos vivimos
vosotros (you, pl, fam) comprasteis comisteis vivisteis
ellos/ellas (they) compraron comieron vivieron
Ustedes (you, pl, formal) compraron comieron vivieron
Unfortunately there are several irregulars in the preterite tense. However, the most important ones are the following:
IR – to goSER – to be
HACER – to do, to make
TENER – to have
ESTAR – to be
fui hice tuve estuve
fuiste hiciste tuviste estuviste
fue hizo tuvo estuvo
fue hizo tuvo estuvo
fuimos hicimos tuvimos estuvimos
fuisteis hicisteis tuvisteis estuvisteis
fueron hicieron tuvieron estuvieron
fueron hicieron tuvieron estuvieron
These are some of the time phrases that we use with the preterite tense: Last week – la semana pasada Last weekend – el fin de semana pasado Last month – el mes pasado Yesterday - ayer Last year – el año pasado 2 days ago – hace dos días Last night - anoche
Write 5 sentences using the preterite tense.
You could write about what you did last night, at the weekend, during half term, during the summer holidays etc.
Everyone will be expected to read one of their sentences!!!