1. PRETERITE Por: Señora Lara

2. WHAT IS A PRETERITE? A tense to talk about what happened or what someone did at a specific point in the past.

3. WE WILL BE USING THE FOLLOWING ENDINGS WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE PAST éamos asteX óaron

4. NOTICE: THERE IS AN ACCENT ON THE “YO” AND “EL, ELLA, USTED” FORM ONLY éamos asteX óaron

5. TO FORM THE PRETERITE OF –AR VERBS Add these endings to the verb’s stem. Let’s look at the verb comprar: Yo compréNosotros compramos Tú compraste Usted, el, ella compróUstedes, ellos, ellas compraron

6. LET’S PRACTICE THE PRETERITE TENSE WITH VERBS THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH: Bailar- Lavar- Practicar- Necesitar- Tocar- Visitar- Mirar- Ayudar- Hablar-

7. ¿LISTOS? He played the guitar. She danced with her dad. We practiced Spanish. I need a pencil. I helped my mom to wash clothes.

8. TO FORM THE PRETERITE OF –ER/-IR VERBS EXAMPLE: COMER/ESCRIBIR comí / escribíComimos / escribimos Comiste / escribiste Comió/ escribióComieron / escribieron

9. LET’S TRY SOME DIFFERENT VERBS I sang We played They ate You (familiar) spoke She ran He bought You (formal) wrote

10. PRETERITE PART II There are also irregular verbs in the preterite tense: ir, ser, dar, hacer IR- to go/to have gone Ser- to be/ to have been (This is not a typo, ser and ir have the same exact conjugations) FuiFuimos Fuiste FueFueron

11. DAR-TO GIVE, TO HAVE GIVEN DiDimos Diste DioDieron

12. HACER-TO DO/TO HAVE DONE hicehicimos hiciste hizohicieron

13. TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES: Yesterday, I went to the store. Zach cleaned the car. KD wrote a letter. Katy bought a book. Mikayla studied for Spanish.

14. ¿PREGUNTAS OR COMENTARIOS? ¡Adios!