Past holidays: singular -er and -ir verbs in the preterite, interrogatives
I can use -er and -ir verbs in the preterite to talk and ask about past holidays.
Past holidays: singular -er and -ir verbs in the preterite, interrogatives
I can use -er and -ir verbs in the preterite to talk and ask about past holidays.
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Key learning points
- The preterite tense is used to express completed actions in the past.
- To conjugate singular forms of the preterite tense for regular -er/-ir verbs, remove -er/-ir and add -í, -iste, -ió.
- Common interrogatives in Spanish are: '¿dónde?', '¿cuándo?', '¿cuánto?', '¿quién?', '¿qué?', '¿por qué?', '¿cómo?'.
Keywords
Preterite - verb tense used for completed actions in the past, e.g. 'I listened', 'I bought'
Interrogative - word used to ask a question
Common misconception
To say what I did in the past, remove the infinitive ending and add -é.
To say what I did in the past for a regular -ar verb, remove the infinitive ending and add -é. To say what I did in the past for a regular -er or -ir verb, remove the infinitive ending and add -í.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
to take, catch
to share, sharing
to discover, discovering
to lose, losing
to allow, allowing
to pick up, collect
atmosphere
entrance, admission ticket
people
island
side
nature
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
when?
how much, many?
who?
what?
why?
how?