1. el pretérito: the preterit(e)
Both Spanish and English have many different past tenses.
The preterite tense expresses the absolute past about something that happened and is done and over.

2. Do not write…. Examples of English pasts: I spoke (I did speak).
I used to speak.
I was speaking.
I have spoken.
I had spoken.
I will have spoken.
I would have spoken.
Etc.

3. Conjugating the English preterite
I spoke…
She ate…
He put…
You ran…
They fell…
You all swam…
He wrote…
It hurt…
We drew…
We earned…
He paid…
Reported…
She wasted…
I talked…
I corresponded…
They skated…
You texted…
They ed…

4. -ar conjugation -é -amos -aste -asteis -ó -aron yo nosotros tú
vosotros
usted(Ud.) él, ella
ustedes, ellos, ellas