preterite –ar verbs
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Preterite –ar Verbs. Ms. Pomar Spanish II. Preterite =. An action that happened in the past . The action began and ended at a definite time in the past. In English it is usually used with an –ed ending ex:. I start ed Spanish class in August. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Preterite –ar VerbsPreterite –ar Verbs
Ms. PomarMs. Pomar
Spanish IISpanish II
PreteritePreterite = =-An action that happened in the past. The action began and ended at a definite time in the past
I started Spanish class in August
-In English it is usually used with an –ed ending
ex:
She played video games yesterday
We went to the beach on Saturday
Preterite –ar endingsPreterite –ar endings• Drop the –ar from the verb and replace with the following:
yo = nosotros =
tú =
Ud. = Uds. =(él, ella) (ellos, ellas)
-é
-aste
-ó
-amos
-aron
• Notice there are accents ONLY in the yo & ud. forms
-car, -gar, -zar-car, -gar, -zar
ONLYONLY in the ______ form do you use in the ______ form do you use these endingthese ending
- car car
- gar gar
- zar zar
qué
gué
céex:1.Yo ____________ (marcar)2.Yo ____________ (llegar)3.Yo ____________ (empezar)
marquélleguéempecé
yo
PracticePractice
Conjugate these verbs in the PreteriteConjugate these verbs in the Preterite
1.1. Tú ____________ (hablar)Tú ____________ (hablar)
2.2. Nosotros ____________ (tomar)Nosotros ____________ (tomar)
3.3. Yo ____________ (comenzar)Yo ____________ (comenzar)
4.4. Ellos ___________ (nadar)Ellos ___________ (nadar)
5.5. José ___________ (comprar)José ___________ (comprar)
hablaste
tomamoscomencé
nadaroncompró