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El PretéritoPretérito 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?

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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

élella - Ousted

nosotrosnosotras - AMOS

vosotrosvosotras - ASTEIS

ellosellas - ARONustedes

Singular Pronouns Plural Pronouns

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Introducción a los verbos -ER & IR

yo - I

tú - ISTE

élella - IOusted

nosotrosnosotras - IMOS

vosotrosvosotras - ISTEIS

ellosellas - IERONustedes

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.

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3. The students wrote on the blackboard.

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4. Manuel closed all the windows.

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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.

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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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