You already know that the verbs ir and

You already know that the verbs ir and ser are irregular in the preterite. You will now learn other verbs whose preterite forms are also irregular. u © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 9. 1 -1

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u ¡Atención! The endings of these verbs are the regular preterite endings of -er/-ir verbs, except for the yo and usted/él/ella forms. Note that these two endings are unaccented. © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 9. 1 -3

u These verbs observe similar stem changes to tener, venir, and decir. © by

u ¡Atención! Note the c z spelling change in the third-person singular form of hacer: hizo. u ¡Atención! Most verbs that end in -cir are j-stem verbs in the preterite. For example, producir produje, produjiste, etc. © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 9. 1 -5

u Notice that the preterites with j-stems omit the letter i in the ustedes/ellos/ellas

u The endings for dar are the same as the regular preterite endings for

u The preterite of hay (inf. haber) is hubo (there was; there were). ©

Escribe la forma correcta del pretérito de cada verbo que está entre paréntesis. 1. quisiste (querer) tú ____ 7. (tener) tú ____ 2. (decir) usted ____ 8. (dar) ella y yo ____ 3. (hacer) nosotras ____ 9. (traducir) yo ____ 4. (traer) yo ____ 10. (haber) ayer ____ 5. (conducir) ellas ____ 11. (saber) usted ____ 6. (estar) ella ____ 12. (poner) ellos ____ © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 9. 1 -9

Escribe la forma correcta del pretérito de cada verbo que está entre paréntesis. (cont. ) 13. (venir) yo ____ 19. (hacer) él ____ 14. (poder) tú ____ 20. (poner) yo ____ 15. (querer) ustedes ____ 21. (traer) nosotras ____ 16. (estar) nosotros ____ 22. (tener) yo ____ 17. (decir) tú ____ 23. (dar) tú ____ 18. (saber) ellos ____ 24. (poder) ustedes ____ © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 9. 1 -10