El pretérito:

verbos en -AR

What is “el

pretérito”?

Stuff that happened in the past!!

It’s DONE… OVER WITH!!

How do we conjugate an

AR verb en el pretérito??

There are 3simple

steps!!!

STEP

1

Drop

the

ending!

Let’s take

a look

CANTAR

to sing

STEP

2

Figure out

WHO DID

THE

ACTION??

I sang

You

sang

He or She sang

We sang

They sang

STEP

3

Add the

correct

ending:

-é-aste-ó-amos-aron

yo

tú

él

nosotros

ellos

CANTÉ

I sang

yo

canté

CANTASTE

you sang

tú

cantaste

CANTÓ

he or she sang

Él cantó

Ella

cantó

CANTAMOS

we sang

nosotros

cantamos

CANTARON

they sang

ellos

cantaron

IT’S

THAT

SIMPLE!!

Let’s

review

3 steps:

1.Drop the ending

CANTAR

to sing

3 steps:

1.Drop the ending

2.Figure out who did the

action

I sang

you sang

he or she sang

we sang

they sang

3 steps:

1.Drop the ending

2.Figure out who did the

action

3.add the correct ending

yo cant

tú cant

él/ella/Ud. cant

nosotros cant

ellos/ellas/Uds.cant

é

aste

ó

amos

aron

¡Qué

Bueno!