El Pretrito de los Verbos

Is ______________________ tense (________)

Talks about ______________________

Is a ______________________
o I ______________________ to the store.
o I ______________________ a shirt.
o I ______________________ in cash.

The ______________________ for regular verbs in the ______________________ is the

______________________ stem.
o Tomar ______________________
o Hablar ______________________
o Comer ______________________
o Beber ______________________
o Abrir ______________________
o Salir ______________________

Preterite AR endings

Preterite ER/IR endings

RECUERDA!

______________________ on the ______________________ and the l/ella/Usted

______________________

AR/IR nosotros form is the ______________________ in ______________________ and

______________________

Unos Irregulares
Verbs ending in ______________________, ______________________, and
______________________ have a spelling change in the ______________________ form in the
preterite.
o

Buscar

Tocar

Practicar

Pagar

Jugar

Llegar

Almorzar

Empezar

Comenzar

The ______________________ form of the pretrito changes to conserve the

______________________ of the infitive.

o ---car

______________________

o ---gar

______________________

o ---zar

______________________