1. El pretérito:
verbos en -AR

2. What is “el pretérito”? Stuff that happened in the past!!
It’s DONE… OVER WITH!!

3. How do we conjugate an AR verb en el pretérito??
There are 3 simple steps!!!
How do we conjugate an AR verb en el pretérito??

4. STEP 1

5. Drop the ending!

6. Let’s take a look

7. CANT AR
to sing

8. STEP 2

9. Figure out
WHO DID THE ACTION??

10. I sang

11. You sang

12. He or She sang

13. We sang

14. They sang

15. STEP 3

16. Add the correct ending:

17. -é
-aste -ó
-amos
-aron yo tú él
nosotros
ellos

18. CANT É
I sang

19. yo canté

20. CANT
ASTE
you sang

21. tú cantaste

22. CANT Ó
he or she sang

23. Él cantó
Ella cantó

24. CANT
AMOS
we sang

25. nosotros cantamos

26. CANT
ARON
they sang

27. ellos cantaron

28. IT’S THAT SIMPLE!!

29. Let’s review

30. 3 steps:
Drop the ending

31. CANT AR
to sing

32. 3 steps:
Drop the ending
Figure out who did the action

33. I sang
you sang
he or she sang
we sang
they sang

34. 3 steps: Drop the ending Figure out who did the action
add the correct ending

35. yo cant tú cant él/ella/Ud. cant nosotros cant é aste ó amos aron
ellos/ellas/Uds.cant é
aste ó
amos
aron

36. ¡Qué Bueno!