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Mastering El Pretérito: Spanish Past Tense Verb Conjugation Guide

Learn how to conjugate regular and irregular verbs in the Pretérito tense in Spanish. Understand the rules, exceptions, and spelling changes for accurate verb forms. Perfect your past tense skills now!

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Mastering El Pretérito: Spanish Past Tense Verb Conjugation Guide

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  1. El Pretéritode los verbos

  2. El Pretérito: • is a past tense (“-ed”) • talks about what happened • is a completed action I went to the store. I bought a shirt. I paid in cash.

  3. The stem for regular verbs in the pretérito is the infinitive stem. Tomar tom- Hablar habl- Comer com- Beber beb- Abrir abr- Salir sal-

  4. -é -aste -ó -amos -asteis -aron Pretérito endings for -ar verbs are:

  5. REMEMBER: • accents on the “yo” form and the “él / ella / Ud.” form • -ar / -ir “nosotros” form is the same in present and pretérito

  6. tomé tomaste tomó tomamos tomasteis tomaron tomar (-ar verbs) Por ejemplo:

  7. hablé hablaste habló hablamos hablasteis hablaron hablar (-ar verbs) Por ejemplo:

  8. trabajé trabajaste trabajó trabajamos trabajasteis trabajaron trabajar (-ar verbs) Por ejemplo:

  9. Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and-zar have a spelling change in the “yo” form of the pretérito. Unos Irregulares: buscar tocar practicar pagar jugar llegar almorzar empezar comenzar

  10. The “yo” form of the pretérito changes to conserve the sound of the infinitive: -car -gar -zar “-qué” “-gué” “-cé” “tocé” “jugé” “rezé”

  11. busqué buscaste buscó buscamos buscasteis buscaron buscar (-carverbs) Por ejemplo:

  12. practiqué practicaste practicó practicamos practicasteis practicaron practicar (-carverbs) Por ejemplo:

  13. pagué pagaste pagó pagamos pagasteis pagaron pagar (-garverbs) Por ejemplo:

  14. jugué jugaste jugó jugamos jugasteis jugaron jugar (-garverbs) Por ejemplo:

  15. almorcé almorzaste almorzó almorzamos almorzasteis almorzaron almorzar (-zarverbs) Por ejemplo:

  16. empecé empezaste empezó empezamos empezasteis empezaron empezar (-zarverbs) Por ejemplo:

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