Rigoberta Menchú: -er and -ir verbs 1st and 2nd person singular (preterite)
I can use the preterite tense to talk about past events in my life and other people’s lives.
Rigoberta Menchú: -er and -ir verbs 1st and 2nd person singular (preterite)
I can use the preterite tense to talk about past events in my life and other people’s lives.
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Key learning points
- Regular review of vocabulary moves it into long-term memory.
- We only roll the 'r' when it's written as [rr] or when the [r] is at the beginning of a word.
- The preterite tense is used to talk about events completed in the past.
- To mean ‘I’, remove -er/-ir and add -í, e.g. 'leer' - 'leí', 'vivir' - 'viví'.
- To mean ‘you’, remove -er/-ir and add -iste, e.g. 'leer' - 'leiste', 'vivir' - 'viviste'.
Keywords
Preterite tense - a tense used for events completed in the past
Common misconception
A single 'r' is never rolled.
When the [r] is at the beginning of a word, we do roll it. For example, 'respeto', 'religión'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'that'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to direct, directing
to enter, entering
to ask for
to put, putting
to have, having
to bring, bringing
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
phrase
hand
brand
wall
reason
dream