Cornell Notes The Preterite -ar,-er, Ir, Hacer And Ir
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Cornell Notes: p. 66 Preterite of –AR, -ER, and –IR verbs and hacer and ir Topics What is the preterite?
Notes The preterite tense is used to talk about what happened or what someone did at a specific point in the past.
-AR endings
Step 1: drop the ending comprar comprStep 2: add the appropriate ending Comprar: to buy Compré compramos compraste comprasteis compró compraron Notice that in the preterite, the nosotros form of –AR verbs looks exactly like the present tense form. You will have to use context to decide whether the speaker is talking in the present or the past.
The preterite of ir
The preterite of –ER and – IR verbs
The preterite of hacer
Stem changing –AR verbs do not stem change in the preterite. To say where someone went in the past, use ir (to go) in the preterite. It’s preterite forms are irregular. Yo fui Nosotros fuimos Tú fuiste Vosotros fuisteis Él Ellos Ella fue Ellas fueron Usted Ustedes Step 1: drop the ending volver volv Escribir escrib Step 2: add the appropriate ending Volver: to return Escribir: to write Volví Volvimos Escribí Escribimos Volviste Volvisteis Escribiste Escribisteis Volvió Volvieron Escribió Escribieron Regular –ER and –IR have the same endings in the preterite. Stem changing –ER verbs do not stem change in the preterite. To say what someone did or made in the past, use hacer (to do, to make) in the preterite. It’s preterite forms are irregular. Yo hice Nosotros hicimos Tú hiciste Vosotros hicisteis Él Ellos Ella hizo Ellas hicieron Usted Ustedes
Notes The preterite tense is used to talk about what happened or what someone did at a specific point in the past.
-AR endings
Step 1: drop the ending comprar comprStep 2: add the appropriate ending Comprar: to buy Compré compramos compraste comprasteis compró compraron Notice that in the preterite, the nosotros form of –AR verbs looks exactly like the present tense form. You will have to use context to decide whether the speaker is talking in the present or the past.
The preterite of ir
The preterite of –ER and – IR verbs
The preterite of hacer
Stem changing –AR verbs do not stem change in the preterite. To say where someone went in the past, use ir (to go) in the preterite. It’s preterite forms are irregular. Yo fui Nosotros fuimos Tú fuiste Vosotros fuisteis Él Ellos Ella fue Ellas fueron Usted Ustedes Step 1: drop the ending volver volv Escribir escrib Step 2: add the appropriate ending Volver: to return Escribir: to write Volví Volvimos Escribí Escribimos Volviste Volvisteis Escribiste Escribisteis Volvió Volvieron Escribió Escribieron Regular –ER and –IR have the same endings in the preterite. Stem changing –ER verbs do not stem change in the preterite. To say what someone did or made in the past, use hacer (to do, to make) in the preterite. It’s preterite forms are irregular. Yo hice Nosotros hicimos Tú hiciste Vosotros hicisteis Él Ellos Ella hizo Ellas hicieron Usted Ustedes
