In this exercise, we need to circle the correct preterite form of the verb.
The sentence reads:
*”Recently violent storms (destroyed/destroy) much of a forest.”*

Note that the verbs ending in “-uir” have an **i->y** change in the third person singular and plural. Some verbs like *oír* (hear) and *creer* (to believe) have the same change in spelling.

Since in the description of the task we have that these events happened in the past, we will use the preterite form.
Now we need to conjugate the verb *destruir* (destroy) to correct preterite tense form. The subject is *unas tormentas* (some storms), therefore we will use the third-person plural form of *destruir*, which is “destruyeron”.

destruyeron

In this exercise, we need to circle the correct preterite form of the verb.
The sentence reads:
*”Did you (hear/heard) anything about that disastrous event?”*

Note that the verbs ending in “-uir” have an **i->y** change in the third person singular and plural. Some verbs like *oír* (hear) and *creer* (to believe) have the same change in spelling.

Since in the description of the task we have that these events happened in the past, we will use the preterite form.
Now we need to conjugate the verb *oír* (hear) to correct preterite tense form. The subject is *tú* (you), therefore we will use the second-person singular form of *oír*, which is “oíste”.

oíste

In this exercise, we need to circle the correct preterite form of the verb.
The sentence reads:
*”Ernesto and his friends (read/ read) something about the beautiful landscape of the forest.”*

Note that the verbs ending in “-uir” have an **i->y** change in the third person singular and plural. Some verbs like *oír* (hear) and *creer* (to believe) have the same change in spelling.

Since in the description of the task we have that these events happened in the past, we will use the preterite form.
Now we need to conjugate the verb *leer* (read) to correct preterite tense form. The subject is *Ernesto y sus amigos* (Ernesto and his friends), therefore we will use the third-person plural form of *leer*, which is “leyeron”.

leyeron

In this exercise, we need to circle the correct preterite form of the verb.
The sentence reads:
*”We (believed/believe) that part of the world was interesting.”*

Note that the verbs ending in “-uir” have an **i->y** change in the third person singular and plural. Some verbs like *oír* (hear) and *creer* (to believe) have the same change in spelling.

Since in the description of the task we have that these events happened in the past, we will use the preterite form.
Now we need to conjugate the verb *creer* (to belive) to correct preterite tense form. The subject is *nosostros* (we), therefore we will use the first-person plural form of *creer*, which is “creímos”.

creímos

In this exercise, we need to circle the correct preterite form of the verb.
The sentence reads:
*”Rafael (heard/hears) an announcement about a trip to the forests of Chile.”*

Note that the verbs ending in “-uir” have an **i->y** change in the third person singular and plural. Some verbs like *oír* (hear) and *creer* (to believe) have the same change in spelling.

Since in the description of the task we have that these events happened in the past, we will use the preterite form.
Now we need to conjugate the verb *oír* (hear) to correct preterite tense form. The subject is *Rafael*, therefore we will use the third-person singular form of *oír*, which is “oyó”.

oyó

In this exercise, we need to circle the correct preterite form of the verb.
The sentence reads:
*”When we went to the forest, I (fall/fell) but I didn’t get hurt.”*

Note that the verbs ending in “-uir” have an **i->y** change in the third person singular and plural. Some verbs like *oír* (hear) and *creer* (to believe) have the same change in spelling.

Since in the description of the task we have that these events happened in the past, we will use the preterite form.
Now we need to conjugate the verb *caerse* (to fall) to correct preterite tense form. The subject is *yo* (I), therefore we will use the first-person singular form of *caerse*, which is “me caí”.

me caí