Spanish Verb Conjugation Practice: Past Tense

1. Verb Conjugation in the Past Tenseel pretérito

2. AR past tense endings • YoNosotros • TúVosotros • Él/Ella Ellos/ Ellas UstedUstedes

3. ER/IR past tense endings • YoNosotros • TúVosotros • Él/Ella Ellos/ Ellas UstedUstedes

4. Copy, then translate to Spanish: • I danced • You (fam) danced • I lived • She ate • We (m) studied • They (m) wrote • Ya’ll (Spain) (m) helped • Ya’ll (fml) learned

5. Copy, then translate to Spanish: • I danced • You (fam) danced • I lived • She ate • We (m) studied • They (m) wrote • Ya’ll (Spain) (m) helped • Ya’ll (fml) learned • Yo bailé • Tú bailaste • Yo viví • Ella comió • Nosotros estudiamos • Ellos escribieron • Vosotros ayudasteis • Uds. aprendieron

6. Stem Changing Verbs in the Preterite • AR stem changers do NOT stem change AT ALL in the preterite • ER/IR stem changers do all kinds of different things… Some don’t change at all, some only change in the third person, some are totally irregular. 

7. Irregular YO forms of verbs in the preterite: • Verbs that end in “car” have an irregular YO form: • Explicaryoexpliqué • Practicaryopractiqué • Tocaryotoqué • Verbs that end in “gar” have an irregular YO form: • Llegaryollegué • Jugaryojugué • Verbs that end in “zar” have an irregular YO form: • Empezaryoempecé • Comenzaryocomencé

8. The verb LEER “to read” • Is irregular in the preterite in the THIRD PERSON ONLY • Ud / él / ella leyó • Uds / ellos / ellas leyeron

9. Now you will do one sheet of practice for past tense. Do the front and the back. IT IS HOMEWORK if you do not finish.