Coffee Break Spanish

CBS 2.14 | Preterite tense of -ir and -ar verbs

Jun 30, 2010
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ADVICE

Mastering Preterite Endings

  • Practice the preterite tense endings of -ar verbs until they become automatic.
  • This will improve your fluency and response time when speaking.
INSIGHT

Preterite Tense Conjugations

  • Just as in the present tense, -er and -ir verbs have different conjugations than -ar verbs in the preterite tense.
  • This lesson will focus on the preterite tense of -er and -ir verbs.
ADVICE

-ER Verb Endings

  • The preterite tense endings for -er verbs differ slightly from -ar verbs.
  • Instead of the -ar verb pattern (é, aste, ó), -er verbs follow (í, iste, ió).
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