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Question 1 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Change this verb from the present tense to the preterite tense.

Yo hablo

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hable


Question 2 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Change this verb from the present tense to the preterite tense.

Ramón llama

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llamo


Question 3 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Change this verb from the present tense to the preterite tense.

Ellos lavan

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Question 4 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Change this verb from the present tense to the preterite tense.

Usted manda

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Question 5 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Change this verb from the present tense to the preterite tense.

Raúl estudia

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Question 6 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Change this verb from the present tense to the preterite tense.

Tú estudias

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Question 7 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Change this verb from the present tense to the preterite tense.

Ella lava

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Question 8 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Fill the blank with the preterite tense of the verb in parentheses.

8. Tú ______________una buena nota. (sacar)

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Question 9 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Change this verb from the present tense to the preterite tense.

Yo busco

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Question 10 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Fill the blank with the preterite tense of the verb in parentheses.

Ellos _________________ a trabajar. (empezar)

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Question 11 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Change this verb from the present tense to the preterite tense.

Ella empieza

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Question 12 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Fill the blank with the preterite tense of the verb in parentheses.

Nosotros no _________________ a las nueve. (empezar)

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Question 13 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Fill the blank with the preterite tense of the verb in parentheses.

Los señores ____________a la banda ayer. (escuchar)

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Question 14 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Fill the blank with the preterite tense of the verb in parentheses.

Yo _______________en el supermercado la semana pasada. (trabajar)

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Question 15 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Fill the blank with the preterite tense of the verb in parentheses.

Nosotros ____________español. (estudiar)

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Question 16 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Fill the blank with the preterite tense of the verb in parentheses.

Yo ____________a mi abuela la semana pasada. (visitar)

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Question 17 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Fill the blank with the preterite tense of the verb in parentheses.

Ella ____________la guitarra anoche. (tocar)

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Question 18 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Fill the blank with the preterite tense of the verb in parentheses.

Pepita y Ramón ______________en la fiesta. (bailar)

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Question 19 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Fill the blank with the preterite tense of the verb in parentheses.

Julia y Marcos____________la televisión anoche. (mirar)

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Question 20 (Fill-In-The-Blank Worth 1 points)

Change this verb from the present tense to the preterite tense.

Yo pago

Answer 1

• The preterite tense: The preterite is used to describe actions completed at a certain point in the past.

• The present tense: The simple present is used to talk about habitual actions or routines.

1. Right answer: hablé

yo hablé (I spoke)

The Table below shows the Regular Preterite Verb Endings. The verb hablar is an ar regular verb and the conjugation of this verb for the first-person singular is hablé. See in the Table that the correct ending is é

To conjugate an ar, er or ir regular verb, take away the infinitive ending ar, er or ir ending and add the ending that matches the subject from the Table.

2. Right answer: llamó

Ramón llamó (Ramón called)

The verb llamar is an ar regular verb and the conjugation of this verb for the third-person singular is llamó. See in the Table that the correct ending is ó

3. Right answer: lavaron

Ellos lavaron (They washed)

The verb lavar is an ar regular verb and the conjugation of this verb for the third-person plural is lavaron. See in the Table that the correct ending is aron

4. Right answer: mandaron

Ustedes mandaron

The verb mandar is an ar regular verb and the conjugation of this verb for the second-person plural is mandaron. The correct ending is aron. The meaning of this sentence, in English, depends on the context of it.

5. Right answer: estudió

Raúl estudió (Raúl studied)

The verb estudiar is an ar regular verb and the conjugation of this verb for the third-person singular is estudió. The correct ending is ó.

6. Right answer: estudiaste

Tú estudiaste (You studied)

The conjugation of the verb estudiar for the second-person singular is estudiaste. The correct ending is aste.

7. Right answer: lavó

Ella lavó (She washed)

The conjugation of the verb lavar for the third-person singular is lavó. The correct ending is ó.

8. Right answer: sacaste

Tú sacaste una buena nota (You got a good grade)

The verb sacar is an ar irregular verb. Since this is an irregular verb, there is no any rule for this type of verbs. So, you need to memorize the conjugations. For the second-person singular the correct conjugation is sacaste.

9. Right answer: buscar

Yo busqué (I searched

)

The verb buscar is an ar irregular verb. So, the correct conjugation of this verb for the first-person singular is busqué

10. Right answer: empezar

Ellos empezaron a trabajar (They started working)

The verb empezar is an ar irregular verb. So, the correct conjugation of this verb for the third-person plural is empezaron

11. Right answer: empezó

Ella empezó (She started)

The correct conjugation of the verb empezar for the third-person singular is empezó

12. Right answer: empezamos

Nosotros no empezamos (We did not start)

The correct conjugation of the verb empezar for the first-person plural is empezamos

13. Right answer: escucharon

Los señores escucharon a la banda ayer (The gentlemen listened to the band yesterday)

The verb escuchar is an ar regular verb. The conjugation of this verb for the third-person plural is escucharon. The correct ending is aron

14. Right answer: trabajé

Yo trabajé en el supermercado la semana pasada (I worked in the supermarket last week)

The verb Trabajar is an ar regular verb. The conjugation of this verb for the first-person singular is trabajé. The correct ending is é.

15. Right answer: estudiamos

Nosotros estudiamos español (We studied Spanish)

The verb estudiar is an ar regular verb. The conjugation of this verb for the first-person plural is estudié. The correct ending is é.

16. Right answer: visité

Yo visité a mi abuela la semana pasada (I visited my grandmother last week)

The verb visitar is an ar regular verb. The conjugation of this verb for the first-person singular is visité. The correct ending is é.

17. Right answer: tocar

Ella tocó la guitarra anoche (She played the guitar last night)

The verb tocar is an ar irregular verb. So, the correct conjugation of this verb for the third-person singular is tocó

18. Right answer: bailaron

Pepita y Ramón bailaron en la fiesta (Pepita and Ramón danced at the party)

The verb bailar is an ar regular verb. The conjugation of this verb for the third-person plural is bailaron. The correct ending is aron

19. Right answer: miraron

Julia y Marcos miraron la televisión anoche (Julia and Marcos watched television last night)

The verb mirar is an ar regular verb. The conjugation of this verb for the third-person plural is miraron. The correct ending is aron

20. Right answer: pagué

Yo pagué en la recepción (I paid at the reception)

The verb pagar is an ar irregular verb. In this sentence, the correct conjugation of this verb for the first-person singular is pagué.