Una autora inmigrante: singular -er/-ir preterite
I can use -er and -ir verbs in the past (preterite) to understand and ask questions about past experiences of moving to live in another country.
Una autora inmigrante: singular -er/-ir preterite
I can use -er and -ir verbs in the past (preterite) to understand and ask questions about past experiences of moving to live in another country.
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Key learning points
- Regular -er/-ir verbs: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular PAST preterite (-í, iste & -ió).
- Some -er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel add an extra 'y' in 3rd person singular forms in the preterite tense.
- When forming questions including a preposition, place the preposition at the beginning of the sentence.
Keywords
Preterite - a tense used for events completed in the past
Preposition - a type of word often used to express direction, time or location
Stem - the part of a word that expresses its core meaning; in Spanish verbs this is the first part up to the -ar, -er, -ir
Infinitive - the verb as it appears in a dictionary
Common misconception
The ending -ió is always used with -er and -ir verbs to refer to she, he or it in the preterite tense.
For -er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel, add -yó to refer to 'he', 'she' or 'it in the preterite tense.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
how
what
who
when
how much
why
of, from
to
until
in, on
for
with
Exit quiz
6 Questions
I lived
to live, living
she, he, it lived
you lived