The preterite tense When its used The preterite

The preterite tense

When it's used The preterite is used for actions that can be viewed as single events that occurred in the past. Ella caminó por el parque. She walked through the park. Ellos llegaron a las ocho. They arrived at eight o'clock.

When it's used The preterite is used to state the beginning or the end of an action. Empezó a nevar a las ocho de la mañana. It began to snow at eight in the morning.

General rule for using the preterite: The preterite is used for past actions that are seen as completed.

-er/ir verbs

How to form it To conjugate regular –er/ir verbs in the preterite, simply drop the ending (-er/ir) and add one of the following: com viv í com viv imos com viv iste com viv ió com viv ieron

Stemchanges -ar and -er verbs that change their stem in the present tense do not change in the preterite. They are conjugated just like other regular preterite verbs.

ER/IR Sandal Seguir or Pancake verbs sigo seguimos siguen

en el pretérito seguí seguimos seguiste siguió siguen

Competir en el presente compito competimos compiten

Competir En el pretérito competí competimos competiste compitió compitieron

Dormir en el presente duerme dormimos duermen

Dormir en el pretérito dormí dormimos dormiste durmió durmieron

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