1. Breaking down the verb -ar verb conjugations in the PRETERITE

2. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? I drew I answered I passed I talked I danced dibujé contesté pasé hablé bailé What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -é, then it means “I … [verb]-ed”

3. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? you drew you answered you passed you talked you danced dibujaste contestaste pasaste hablaste bailaste What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -aste, then it means “you … [verb]-ed”

4. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? Usted dibujó Usted contestó Usted pasó Usted habló Usted bailó What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with –ó and is accompanied by usted, then it means “you… [verb]- ed” formally you drew (formal) you answered (formal) you passed (formal) you talked (formal) you practiced (formal)

5. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? he/she drew he/she answered he/she passed he/she talked he/she danced dibujó contestó pasó habló bailó What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -ó, then it means “he/she/it … [verb]-ed”

6. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? we drew we answered we passed we talked we danced dibujamos contestamos pasamos hablamos bailamos What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -amos, then it means “we … [verb]-ed”

7. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? you all drew you all answered you all passed you all talked you all danced dibujasteis contestasteis pasasteis hablasteis bailasteis What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -asteis, then it means “you all … [verb]-ed”, but it’s only used in SPAIN.

8. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? you all drew you all answered you all passed you all talked you all danced Ustedes dibujaron Ustedes contestaron Ustedes pasaron Ustedes hablaron Ustedes bailaron What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -aron and is accompanied by ustedes, then it means “you all [verb]-ed”

9. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? they drew they answered they passed they talked they danced dibujaron contestaron pasaron hablaron bailaron What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -aron, then it means “they … [verb]-ed”

10. Pretérito de -ar verbs -é-amos -aste-asteis* Ud. -ó Ud. -ó Uds. -aron -ó-aron bailar: bailé, bailaste, bailó, bailamos, bailasteis*,bailaron

11. Two Aspects of Past Tense Preterite Occurred once or for a limited time, with a beginning and an end Occurred at specific time or day Imperfect Happened often or ongoing “used to”, “would” Expressing age, weather, physical or emotional characteristics

12. Quick check! get the stress right! I talked You played He sang She walked We lifted weights You all scuba dived They finished the homework. Hablé Jugaste Él cantó Ella caminó Levantamos pesas Ustedes bucearon Ellos terminaron la tarea. No stem-changes with -ar verbs!