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El Pretérito - repaso de gramática
# F. J. Villatoro #
Lee el resumen de la gramática y rellena los huecos:
To form the Preterite tense, remove the –AR / -ER / -IR to get to the stem, then add the following endings:
HABLAR COMER VIVIR
Comí Viví
Hablaste
Viviste
Habló Comió
Comimos Vivimos
Hablasteis Comisteis
Hablaron
Vivieron
Por ejemplo:
(I spoke)
Comimos (We
)
Vivieron (They
)
You have already come across the forms of IR (to go) in the preterite.
/ fuiste /
/ fuimos / fuisteis /
(to be) has exactly the same parts as IR.
Por ejemplo:
¿Adónde
tú? (Where did you go?)
Fui a Marbella (I
to Marbella)
estupendo (It was great!)
Other irregular preterites include the following -
DAR (to give) VER (to see) HACER (to do)
Vi Hice
Diste
Hiciste
Dio Vio
Dimos
Hicimos
Visteis Hicisteis
Dieron Vieron
-AR verbs whose stems end in the letters C, G and Z have spelling changes in the
form.
While these verbs are regular in speech, the rules of Spanish spelling require that the sounds /k/ /g/ and /s/ (written z) be written differently before E and I:
Por ejemplo:
YO FORM / INFINITIVE / TRANSLATION
Yo
(jugar) I played
Yo
(practicar) I practised / did
Yo pagué (pagar) I
Yo
(llegar) I arrived
Yo saqué (
) I took
Yo
(tocar) I touched / play (an instrument)
Yo empecé (empezar) I
Yo
(almorzar) I had lunch
é
ó
VERIFICA
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