1. Español 1 Capítulo 10
Ar preterite forms pg

2. -AR Preterites Preterite means “past tense”
Preterite verbs deal with “completed past action”
The ending tells who did the action.

3. -AR Preterites
Just as -o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an tells you that the action takes place in the present.
-é, -aste, -ó, -amos, asteis, -aron, tells you that the action took place in the past.

4. -AR Preterites é
aste ó
amos
asteis
aron

5. -AR Preterites yo hablé tú hablaste él ella habló Ud.
nosotros hablamos X
ellos
Ellas hablaron
Uds.

6. -AR Preterites Notice the accent mark on the endings: Yo - É Él - Ó
You need to put the accents on these forms.

7. -AR Preterites
There are no stem changes in –ar or –er verbs

8. -AR Preterites
Verbs that end with –GAR have an end change in the yo form only:
g changes to gu
Lleg- llegu- llegué
Llegaste
llegó

9. -AR Preterites
Verbs that end in –CAR, have an end change in the yo form only
Change the c to a qu in the yo form
Sacar – sac- saqué
Sacaste
Sacó

10. -AR Preterites
Verbs that end with –ZAR have an end change in the yo form:
Almorz- Almorc- Almorcé
Almorzaste
Almorzó

11. -Ar preterites
Make sure that you refer to your pink ticket paper sheet when doing your preterites.