Title: Irregular verbs in the preterite
1Irregular verbs in the preterite
2Empareja el pretérito con el infinitivo
- Tuve
- Hice
- Pude
- Puse
- Fui
- Vi
- Di
- Jugué
- Saqué
- Empecé
- Estuve
- Dije
- Decir
- Dar
- Jugar
- Empezar
- Sacar
- Hacer
- Tener
- Poner
- Ver
- Poder
- Estar
- Ser / ir
3Spelling Changes
Irregular verbs.
- The first group of irregular verbs are only
slightly irregular as they show spelling changes
in the first person singular only. There are
three types - Verbs which end in GAR change to GUÉ
- Verbs which end in CAR change to QUÉ
- Verbs which end in ZAR change to CÉ
jugar to play jugué I played jugaste you
played jugó he she it played jugamos we
played jugasteis you played jugaron they
played
cruzar to cross crucé I crossed cruzaste you
crossed cruzó he / she it crossed cruzamos we
crossed cruzasteis you crossed cruzaron they
crossed
explicar to explain expliqué I
explained explicaste you explained explicó he
she it explained explicamos we
explained explicasteis you explained explicaron
they explained
4Te toca
- 1st person
- Saqué
- Apagué
- Marqué
- Empecé
- Jugué
- Pagué
- Llegué
- Utilicé
- Ataqué
3rd person Sacó Apagó Marcó Empezó Jugó Pagó Llegó
Utilizó Atacó
- Infinitive
- Sacar
- Apagar
- Marcar
- Empezar
- Jugar
- Pagar
- Llegar
- Utilizar
- Ataca
5Common irregulars
hacer to do hice hiciste hizo
hicimos hicisteis hicieron
dar to give di diste dio dimos disteis
dieron
Ver to see vi viste vio
hicimos hicisteis hicieron
estar to be estuve estuviste estuvo estuvimo
s estuvisteis estuvieron
ser to be
ir to go I was
fui I went You were
fuiste You
went He / she / it was fue
He / she / it went We were
fuimos We went You
were fuisteis
You went They were
fueron They went
6Traduce al español
- Yesterday I went to the cinema (ir al cine)
- It was a fantastic film (ser)
- Before I went I did my homework (hacer los
deberes) - They went for a walk on the beach (dar un paseo)
- My grandfather went to Australia in 1960 (ir)
- They went to the hairdressers (ir a la
peluquerÃa) - They made the bed (hacer la cama)
- Yesterday I saw the big match (ver el partidazo)
- I went to the theatre and my friend was there (ir
/ estar) - Yesterday it was good weather (hacer buen tiempo)
7Traduce al español
- Ayer fui al cine
- Fue una pelÃcula fantástica
- Antes de ir, hice los deberes
- Dieron un paseo en la playa
- Mi abuelo fue a Australia en 1960
- Fueron a la peluquerÃa
- Hicieron la cama
- Fui al teatro y mi amigo estuvo allÃ
- Ayer hizo buen tiempo
8The Preterite Grave
The last group of irregular verbs in the
preterite tense is easy once you have learnt the
first person singular!
PONER to put
There are no accents on these verbs. Just learn
the first person and then put the endings on the
new stem. The endings are almost the same as for
regular er and ir verbs. Can you spot the
differences?
puse
I put
pusiste
You put
puso
He / she / it put
pusimos
We put
pusisteis
You put
pusieron
They put
9Preterite grave
Verbs which follow the same pattern as poner
Endings -e -iste -o -imos -isteis -ieron
Verb stem 1st
person andar - to walk anduv
anduve estar - to be estuv
estuve tener - to have tuv
tuve hacer - to do hic
hice poder - to be able pud
pude saber - to know
sup supe venir - to come
vin vine querer - to
love/want quis quise conducir
- to drive conduj
conduje traer - to bring traj
traje decir - to say dij
dije (dijeron)
Note hacer has a different stem in the 3rd
person singular - hizo
10Preterite irregulars
- Yo no (estar) en casa
- Luisa (andar) en el parque
- Yo (poner) el gato en el horno
- Tú (querer) la paella
- Ellos no (decir) nada
- Él (dar) una propina al camerero
- Yo (ponerse) a cantar
- Mi padre (conducir) a Madrid
- Mozart (componer) la opera
- Tú no (tener) ganas de ir al cine conmigo
- Los chicos no (hacer) sus deberes
- Estuve
- Anduvo
- Puse
- Quisiste
- Dijeron
- Dio
- Me puse
- Condujo
- Compuso
- Tuviste
- Hicieron