Realidades Guided Practice Activities For Vocabulary And Grammar Level 3 Student Edition
Realidades Guided Practice Activities For Vocabulary And Grammar Level 3 Student Edition
1st Edition
Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780131661493
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Page 32: El Pretérito de los verbos con los cambios e -> i, o -> u, en la raíz D

Exercise 1
Step 1
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In this exercise, we need to complete the sentence and conjugate the verbs formatted in the preterite tense.
The sentence reads:
*”the insects/die/at the beginning of winter”*
Step 2
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To complete the sentence we need to conjugate the verb *morir* (die) to the correct preterite tense form.
Since the subject is *los insectos* (the insects), we will use the third-person plural form of *morir*, which is “murieron”.

Note that the verb *morir* (die) has an **o->u** stem change in the third-person singular and plural forms. The “-ir” verbs that have a stem change in the present form also have a stem change in the preterite form.

Result
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Los insectos murieron al principio del invierno.
Exercise 2
Step 1
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In this exercise, we need to complete the sentence and conjugate the verbs formatted in the preterite tense.
The sentence reads:
*”Ángel y Estela/dress/elegant clothes/to go out last night”*
Step 2
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To complete the sentence we need to conjugate the verb *vestirse* (dress) to the correct preterite tense form.
Since the subject is *Ángel y Estela*, we will use the third-person plural form of *vestirse*, which is “se vistieron”.

Note that the verb *vestirse* (dress) has an **e->i** stem change in the third-person singular and plural forms. The “-ir” verbs that have a stem change in the present form also have a stem change in the preterite form.

Result
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Ángel y Estela se vistieron de ropa elegante para salir anoche.
Exercise 3
Step 1
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In this exercise, we need to complete the sentence and conjugate the verbs formatted in the preterite tense.
The sentence reads:
*”the waiter / suggest / the soup of the day”*
Step 2
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To complete the sentence we need to conjugate the verb *sugerir* (suggest) to the correct preterite tense form.
Since the subject is *el camarero* (the waiter), we will use the third-person singular form of *sugerir*, which is “sugirió”.

Note that the verb *sugerir* (suggest) has an **e->i** stem change in the third-person singular and plural forms. The “-ir” verbs that have a stem change in the present form also have a stem change in the preterite form.

Result
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El camarero sugirió la sopa del día.
Exercise 4
Step 1
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In this exercise, we need to complete the sentence and conjugate the verbs formatted in the preterite tense.
The sentence reads:
*”we / sleep / for three weeks in the sleeping bag”*
Step 2
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To complete the sentence we need to conjugate the verb *dormir* (sleep) to the correct preterite tense form.
Since the subject is *nosotros* (we), we will use the first-person plural form of *dormir*, which is “dormimos”.

Note that the verb *dormir* (sleep) has an **o->u** stem change in the third-person singular and plural forms. The “-ir” verbs that have a stem change in the present form also have a stem change in the preterite form.

Result
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Nosotros dormimos por tres semanas en el saco de dormir.
Exercise 5
Step 1
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In this exercise, we need to complete the sentence and conjugate the verbs formatted in the preterite tense.
The sentence reads:
*”I / feeling sad / after watching the movie”*
Step 2
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To complete the sentence we need to conjugate the verb *sentirse* (feel) to the correct preterite tense form.
Since the subject is *yo* (I), we will use the first-person singular form of *sentirse*, which is “me sentí”.

Note that the verb *sentirse* (feel) has an **e->i** stem change in the third-person singular and plural forms. The “-ir” verbs that have a stem change in the present form also have a stem change in the preterite form.

Result
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Yo me sentí triste después de ver la película.
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