S Ev 1

The preterite is a tense that is used to talk about situations that have taken place in the past.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Sentences in the preterite are often accompanied by time adverbs such as ayer, hace un mes, or la semana pasada.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Fue is the preterite of the third person singular of the verb haber.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The preterite form for regular verbs -ar and -ir for the first person plural is the same as for the present indicative.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Spanish preterite conjugation of verbs ending in -ir never includes accent marks.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The context is important to determine if a verb is in the past tense or in the present tense.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The preterite endings of the second (-er) and third (-ir) conjugations are the same.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Irregular verbs only change the endings, never the root.

• TRUE

• FALSE

For spelling reasons, some verbs of the second and third conjugations replace the i that is part of the preterite ending with a y.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Catalan, Galician and Basque are not official languages in Spain.

• TRUE

• FALSE