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You already know that the verbs ir
and ser are irregular in the preterite. You will
now learn other verbs whose preterite forms are
also irregular.
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¡Atención! The endings of these verbs are
the regular preterite endings of -er/-ir verbs,
except for the yo and usted/él/ella forms.
Note that these two endings are unaccented.
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These verbs observe similar stem changes to tener, venir,
and decir.
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¡Atención! Note the c  z spelling change in
the third-person singular form of hacer: hizo.
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¡Atención! Most verbs that end in -cir are
j-stem verbs in the preterite. For example,
producir  produje, produjiste, etc.
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Notice that the preterites with j-stems omit the
letter i in the ustedes/ellos/ellas form.
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The endings for dar are the same as the
regular preterite endings for -er and -ir verbs,
except that there are no accent marks.
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The preterite of hay (inf. haber) is hubo
(there was; there were).
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Escribe la forma correcta del pretérito de cada verbo que
está entre paréntesis.
1.
quisiste
(querer) tú ________
7.
(tener) tú ________
2.
(decir) usted ________
8.
(dar) ella y yo ________
3.
(hacer) nosotras ________
9.
(traducir) yo ________
4.
(traer) yo ________
10. (haber) ayer ________
5.
(conducir) ellas ________
11. (saber) usted ________
6.
(estar) ella ________
12. (poner) ellos ________
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Escribe la forma correcta del pretérito de cada verbo que
está entre paréntesis. (cont.)
13. (venir) yo ________
19. (hacer) él ________
14. (poder) tú ________
20. (poner) yo ________
15. (querer) ustedes ________
21. (traer) nosotras ________
16. (estar) nosotros ________
22. (tener) yo ________
17. (decir) tú ________
23. (dar) tú ________
18. (saber) ellos ________
24. (poder) ustedes ________
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