I. Repasito
Contesta las preguntas en oraciones completas/Answer the questions in complete sentences:
II. El pretérito
Today, we will learn el pretérito, one form of the simple past tense in Spanish. Get ready to take notes.
1. How to conjugate regular verbs in the preterite
Contesta las preguntas en oraciones completas/Answer the questions in complete sentences:
- ¿Qué llevas hoy? (llevar = to wear)
- ¿Cuál es tu color favorito?
- ¿Qué vas a llevar en la playa? (La playa = the beach)
- ¿Qué vas a llevar en las montañas? (montañas= mountains)
II. El pretérito
Today, we will learn el pretérito, one form of the simple past tense in Spanish. Get ready to take notes.
1. How to conjugate regular verbs in the preterite
Just like in the present, you remove the infinitive ending (-ar, -er, or -ir) and add the new perterite ending that goes with the subject.
Note: The yo and él/ella/usted forms all have written accents.
-ER and -IR verbs have the exact same endings
The nosotros/as forms of regular -ar and -ir verbs in the preterite are identical to the present tense forms.
2. When do you use el pretérito?
Note: The yo and él/ella/usted forms all have written accents.
-ER and -IR verbs have the exact same endings
The nosotros/as forms of regular -ar and -ir verbs in the preterite are identical to the present tense forms.
2. When do you use el pretérito?
3. Spelling changes: verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar require a spelling change in the yo form to maintain the original pronunciation:
III. El pretérito- practice
When you finish:
Study the vocabulary for "La ropa." There will be a quiz tomorrow.
- Go to Conjuguemos.com
- Click the orange button that says "Student Sign-In"
- Click "Spanish Verbs" on the left side
- Click the activity "PRETERIT TENSE: regular verbs" from the list (it's number 8)
- Click the box that says "Don't time me"
- Click the green button that says "Start"
- You must correctly conjugate at least 50 verbs with 90% accuracy or better.
- When you finish the activity, click "Record/send results" next to the blue score box. This is the ONLY way I will see that you did this activity.
When you finish:
Study the vocabulary for "La ropa." There will be a quiz tomorrow.