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The Preterit Tense Mr. Jackson. What is the preterit tense? A verb tense that describes events that happened in the past. Used in all languages What does.

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1 The Preterit Tense Mr. Jackson

2 What is the preterit tense? A verb tense that describes events that happened in the past. Used in all languages What does this look like in English?

3 Preterit Tense in Spanish Now that we can identify the preterit tense in English, let’s apply it to Spanish! We use the preterit tense to describe: o Completed actions in the past One time thing o Narrate a series of past actions

4 Words to Trigger the Use of Preterit Example words/ phrases to look for: o el (día/mes/año/estación) pasado [last (day, month, year, season)] o Una vez [one time…] o Ayer [yesterday]

5 Creating Preterit for –AR Verbs The preterit form of –AR Verbs is created by dropping the ending (-ar) and adding the following endings. é amos aste asteis ó aron

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7 Let’s Practice Hablar

8 You and Your Table Partner Tomar

9 You Alone Trabajar

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