1. Review of Phase I Regular Preterite + Phase II Irregular Preterite

2. Phase I Regular – Ar verbs in the Preteriteé
amos
aste
asteis ó
aron

3. Phase I Regular -Er/-Ir verbs in the Preteriteí
imos
iste
isteis ió
ieron

4. Phase I Spelling Changes in the Preterite -Car
Tocar- to play (instrument), to touch
toqué
tocamos
tocaste
tocasteis
tocó
tocaron

5. Phase I Spelling Changes in the Preterite -Gar
Jugar- to play (sports/games)
jugué
jugamos
jugaste
jugasteis
jugó
jugaron

6. Phase I Spelling Changes in the Preterite -Zar
Empezar- to begin/start
empecé
empezamos
empezaste
empezasteis
empezó
empezaron

7. Phase II Preterite Irregular Verbs
The acronym that refers to these verbs is:
H A P P E S T Q D T V
There are 16 verbs.
They all have stem changes.
These do not have Accent Marks.
These verbs can be categorized into 3 sub-groups, a, b and c.

8. The 16 Irregular Preterite Verbs
1. Hacer to do/make H i c 2. Andar to walk A n d u v 3. Poder to be able/can P u d 4. Poner to put/place P u s 5. Estar to be E s t u v 6. Ser to be 7. Ir to go 8. Saber to know S u p 9. Tener to have T u v 10. Querer to want/wish Q u i s 11. Decir to say/tell D i j 12. Dar to give 13. Traducir to translate T r a d u j 14. Traer to bring T r a j 15. Venir to come V i n 16 Ver to see

9. Group A: Fraternal Twins
Conjugations have identical endings with different beginnings. Dar – to give Ver – to see di dimos vi vimos diste disteis viste visteis dio dieron vio vieron

10. Group B: Identical Twins
Conjugations are identical. Totally irregular – do not have accent marks. Ser – to be Ir – to go fui fuimos fuiste fuisteis fue fueron

11. Group C: HAPPE ST QDTV 1. Hacer to do/make H i c
2. Andar to walk A n d u v
3. Poder to be able/can P u d
4. Poner to put/place P u s
5. Estar to be E s t u v
6. Saber to know S u p
7. Tener to have T u v
8. Querer to want/wish Q u i s
9. Decir to say/tell D i j*
10. Traducir to translate T r a d u j*
11. Traer to bring T r a j*
12. Venir to come V i n
Hybrid endings e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron

12. Group C: Conjugation Formula
To conjugate:
(1) Make stem change, then
(2) 1st (yo) and 3rd (Ud., él, ella) singular take regular “-ar” preterite endings and drop the accent
(3) Remaining are formed with regular “ir” endings.
*HYBRID endings*
There are 2 exceptions: No “loCOs” or “Monsters”
(1)– The 3rd person of Hacer becomes “hizo”.
(2)– The 3rd person plural drops the “i” when the stem ends in “j”. e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron

13. No LoCOs! Conjugation Practice hizo e imos iste isteis o ieron hic
Hacer
stem= hic
hic e
imos
iste
isteis o
hizo
ieron
No LoCOs!

14. Conjugation Practice e imos iste isteis o ieron anduv 2. Andar
stem= anduv
anduv e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron

15. Conjugation Practice
3. Poder
stem= pud
pud e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron

16. Conjugation Practice
4. Poner
stem= pus
pus e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron

17. Conjugation Practice e imos iste isteis o ieron estuv 5. Estar
stem= estuv
estuv e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron

18. Conjugation Practice
6. Saber
stem= sup
sup e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron

19. Conjugation Practice
7. Tener
stem= tuv
tuv e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron

20. Conjugation Practice e imos iste isteis o ieron quis 8. Querer
stem= quis
quis e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron

21. NO MONSTERS! Conjugation Practice dijeron e imos iste isteis ieron o
9. Decir
stem= dij*
dij e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron
dijeron
NO MONSTERS!

22. NO MONSTERS! Conjugation Practice tradujeron e imos iste isteis o
10. Traducir
stem= traduj*
traduj e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron
tradujeron
NO MONSTERS!

23. NO MONSTERS! Conjugation Practice trajeron e imos iste isteis o ieron
11. Traer
stem= traj*
traj e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron
trajeron
NO MONSTERS!

24. Conjugation Practice e imos iste isteis o ieron vin 12. Venir
stem= vin
vin e
imos
iste
isteis o
ieron

25. Conjugation Practice
13. Ser
fui
fuimos
fuiste
fuisteis
fue
fueron

26. Conjugation Practice
14. Ir
fui
fuimos
fuiste
fuisteis
fue
fueron

27. Conjugation Practice
15. Dar di
dimos
diste
disteis
dio
dieron

28. Conjugation Practice
16. Ver vi
vimos
viste
visteis
vio
vieron