Simple Past Tense
Used to talk about past actions or events Formed by conjugating (changing) verbs with endings that match the subject of the sentence Two types of regular forms ◦ -ar verbs ◦ -er/-ir verbs
-é Little Miss Muffé
-é -aste Sat on her Aste
-é -aste -ó Eating her curds and ó
-é-amos -aste -ó Along came Amos
-é-amos -aste-asteis -ó Followed by Asteis
-é-amos -aste-asteis -ó-aron And now, Miss Muffé is not all aron.
Practice ◦ According to the rules you’ve just learned, conjugate the following verbs (draw their verb charts): Hablar Trabajar Estudiar Arreglar Pasar