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Realidades Guided Practice Activities For Vocabulary And Grammar Level 3 Student Edition

1st Edition

Prentice Hall

ISBN: 9780131661493

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Page 29: El pretérito de los verbos irregulares B

Exercise 1

Step 1

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In this exercise, we need to complete the sentences with the correct *yo* preterite verb form.
The sentence reads:
*”I ____ “Good morning” to my Spanish teacher.”*

Step 2

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Now we need to conjugate *decir* (tell) in the correct preterite tense form.
The subject is *Yo* (I). Therefore, we will use the first-person singular preterite form of *decir*, which is “dije”.

Note that the verb *decir* (tell) is irregular because it has a different stem (diij-). The irregular verbs in the preterite that have a different stem don’t have accent marks in their forms.

Result

3 of 3

dije

Exercise 2

Step 1

1 of 3

In this exercise, we need to complete the sentences with the correct *yo* preterite verb form.
The sentence reads:
*”I____ a physics exam.”*

Step 2

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Now we need to conjugate *tener* (have) in the correct preterite tense form.
The subject is *Yo* (I). Therefore, we will use the first-person singular preterite form of *tener*, which is “tuve”.

Note that the verb *tener* (have) is irregular because it has a different stem (tuv-). The irregular verbs in the preterite that have a different stem don’t have accent marks in their forms.

Result

3 of 3

tuve

Exercise 3

Step 1

1 of 3

In this exercise, we need to complete the sentences with the correct *yo* preterite verb form.
The sentence reads:
*”I___ at school for 6 more hours.”*

Step 2

2 of 3

Now we need to conjugate *estar* (to be) in the correct preterite tense form.
The subject is *Yo* (I). Therefore, we will use the first-person singular preterite form of *estar*, which is “estuve”.

Note that the verb *estar* (to be) is irregular because it has a different stem (estuv-). The irregular verbs in the preterite that have a different stem don’t have accent marks in their forms.

Result

3 of 3

estuve

Exercise 4

Step 1

1 of 3

In this exercise, we need to complete the sentences with the correct *yo* preterite verb form.
The sentence reads:
*”I___ to my house at four-thirty.”*

Step 2

2 of 3

Now we need to conjugate *venir* (come) in the correct preterite tense form.
The subject is *Yo* (I). Therefore, we will use the first-person singular preterite form of *venir*, which is “vine”.

Note that the verb *venir* (come) is irregular because it has a different stem (vin-). The irregular verbs in the preterite that have a different stem don’t have accent marks in their forms.

Result

3 of 3

vine

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