Tenses Revision - Spanish Language Worksheet Page 3
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4El Pretérito / The Preterite Tense – Regular Verbs
The preterite tense is used when we are talking about completed actions in the past.
N) Match up the translations of these time phrases:
O) Using the placemats to help you, complete the table for these regular verbs:
1. Ayer
A) Last week
1-E
HABLAR
BEBER
VIVIR
2. Anoche
B) Last weekend
I
hablé
3. La semana pasada
C) This morning
You s.
4. El año pasado
D) Three days ago
He/she/it
bebió
5. El fin de semana pasado
E) Yesterday
We
6. Esta mañana
F) Five years ago
You pl.
7. Hace tres días
G) Last year
They
vivieron
8. Hace cinco años
H) Last night
P) Translate these phrases into English:
Q) Translate these phrases into Spanish:
Hablé __
_ I spoke
_
Comiste _________You ate___________
I ate ___________________________I visited _____________________________
Hablaste _______________________Comieron __________________________
You drank ______________________You spoke ___________________________
Viví ___________________________Vivimos____________________________
He sang ________________________She travelled ________________________
Bailaste_______________________ Bailaron ___________________________
We lived _______________________We danced __________________________
Bebí __________________________Bebieron ___________________________
You pl. visited ___________________You pl. ate __________________________
Viajé _________________________Viajamos ___________________________
They drank _____________________They travelled ________________________
El Pretérito / The Preterite Tense – Irregular Verbs
Some verbs don’t follow this pattern. These are called irregular verbs. You should try to memorise the common ones.
R) Fill in the grid for these irregular preterite verbs:
S) Match up the infinitive with its irregular preterite form.*Note: some of
ir – to go
hacer – to do
ver – to see
these are only irregular in the ‘I’ form of the verb:
ser – to be
di
I – Yo
fui
vi
empecé
dar
tocar
andar
You - Tú
decir
He/she – él/ella
hizo
llegué
dije
jugar
We – nosotros/as
fuimos
puse
estar
saber
You pl. – vosotros/as
visteis
jugué
They – ellos/as
fueron
vieron
anduve
llegar
estuve
vine
The verbs ir and ser have the same forms in the preterite tense. You should
venir
supe
use context to work out which one is meant.
decir
empezar
toqué
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