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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)comprécomíviví tú (you, 1 pers fam) comprastecomisteviviste él/ella (he, she)comprócomióvivió Usted (you, 1 pers, formal) comprócomióvivió nosotros (we)compramoscomimosvivimos vosotros (you, pl, fam) comprasteiscomisteisvivisteis ellos/ellas (they)compraroncomieronvivieron Ustedes (you, pl, formal) compraroncomieronvivieron

 Unfortunately there are several irregulars in the preterite tense. However, the most important ones are the following: IR – to go SER – to be HACER – to do, to make TENER – to have ESTAR – to be fui hicetuveestuve fuiste hicistetuvisteestuviste fue hizotuvoestuvo fue hizotuvoestuvo fuimos hicimostuvimosestuvimos fuisteis hicisteistuvisteisestuvisteis fueron hicierontuvieronestuvieron fueron hicierontuvieronestuvieron

 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!!!