tomorrow, you will take a quiz on –er and –ir verbs in the preterite tense
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Séptimo grado – Prueba de práctica
Los verbos –er/-ir en el pretérito
Tomorrow, you will take a quiz on –er
and –ir verbs in the preterite tense.
You have already taken a quiz (and
mostly excelled!) on –ar verbs in the
preterite. While the quiz tomorrow
primarily focuses on –er/-ir verbs, I still
expect you to remember –ar verbs,
and they will be included on the quiz.
So, let’s review –ar verbs in the
preterite form, shall we?
1. Fill the verb chart in with the –ar
preterite endings:
1. Fill the verb chart in with the –ar
preterite endings:
é
aste
ó
amosasteisaron
Remember, some –ar verbs require a
spelling change in the yo conjugation
2. Write the yo conjugation for the following verbs:
- bostezar- llegar- roncar
2. Write the yo conjugation for the following verbs:
- bostezar bostecé - llegar llegué- roncar ronqué
3. Why do we learn –er and –ir verbs together in the preterite tense?
3. Why do we learn –er and –ir verbs together in the preterite tense?
We learn them together because
they have the same endings.
4. Fill the verb chart in with the –er/-ir
preterite endings:
4. Fill the verb chart in with the –er/-ir
preterite endings:
í
iste
ió
imos
isteisieron
Los verbos leer, creer, y oír These verbs have special conjugations
They require an accent mark on all preterite conjugations except the third person plural conjugation
The third person conjugations have a spelling change (y is added)
í
ísteyó
ímos
ísteisyeron
Complete the sentences with the
correct preterite form of the verb in parentheses5. Los estudiantes no _________________ (creer) las
noticias.
6. Mi familia y yo _________________ (comer) bisteces y papas anoche.
7. El perro _________________ (correr) al parque.
8. Yo _________________ (vivir) en México por dos años.
9. ¿Ya _________________ (volver) tú a la casa?
10. Los niños _________________ (cruzar) la calle con mucho cuidado.
Las respuestas 5-10
5. Los estudiantes no __creyeron__ (creer) las noticias.
6. Mi familia y yo __comimos_ (comer) bisteces y papas anoche.
7. El perro __corrió___ (correr) al parque.
8. Yo ___viví____ (vivir) en México por dos años.
9. ¿Ya ___volviste_____ (volver) tú a la casa?
10. Los niños ___cruzaron____ (cruzar) la calle con mucho cuidado.