El pretérito

Front

What are the two simple tenses in Spanish to indicate actions in the past?

Back

The preterite and the imperfect

Front

What is the preterite used for in Spanish?

Back

To describe actions or states that began or were completed at a defined time in the past

Front

How is the preterite tense of regular verbs formed in Spanish?

Back

Removing the infinitive ending and adding the preterite endings

Front

What do the endings of regular verbs -er and -ir have in common in the preterite?

Back

They are identical.

Front

What does the preterite of all regular verbs and some irregular verbs require in the forms I, you (formal), he, and she?

Back

A written accent

Front

What spelling change occurs in verbs ending in -car in the "yo" form of the preterite?

Back

-qué

Front

What is the spelling change for verbs ending in -gar in the "yo" form of the preterite?

Back

-gué

Front

How is the verb "empezar" conjugated in the "yo" form of the preterite?

Back

empecé

Front

What change occurs in the verbs "creer", "leer" and "oír" in the third person forms of the preterite?

Back

They change from -i- to -y-

Front

What do the verbs "creer", "leer" and "oír" require in all other forms of the preterite?

Back

A written accent on the -i-