1. Preterite tense Regular verbs

2. To talk about actions that happened and were completed in the past, we use the preterite tense. I walked to school I slept through the play I wrote my report To form the preterite tense of a regular verb, add the preterite endings to the stem of the verb.

3. Ar verbs éamos asteasteis óaron

4. Er and Ir verbs íimos isteisteis ióióieron

5. -Ar and -Er verbs that have a stem change in the present tense do not have a stem change in the preterite. Probar = to try / try on Generalmente me pruebo la ropa. Ayer no me probé los pantalones

6. Special verbs… Ver - has regular preterite endings, but unlike those of other verbs, they have no written accent marks. Anoche david vio un gato.

7. Special verbs… Verbs that end in -car, -gar, and –zar have a spelling change in the ‘yo’ form of the preterite. Buscarc qu=yo busqué Pagarg gu = yo pagué Almorzarz c = yo almorcé