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? 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”

5. ¿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”

6. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? you all/they drew you all/they answered you all/they passed you all/they talked you all/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 “you all/they … [verb]-ed”

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

8. 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

9. 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!