Past Simple — Pretérito Indefinido

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Past Simple — Pretérito Indefinido

Grammar Reference

	Form	Example
Use	Completed past actions	Ayer hablé con mi madre.
-AR	-é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron	hablé, hablaste, habló
-ER / -IR	-í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron	comí, viviste, comió
Ser / Ir	Same forms for both verbs	fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron
Hacer / Tener	New stem, no accents	hice, hizo · tuve, tuvo
Estar	estuv- + tener endings	estuve, estuviste, estuvo

Past Simple — Pretérito Indefinido — Exercises

Choose the correct preterite form

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Write the preterite form

Type the correct pretérito indefinido form of the verb in brackets.

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Past Simple — Pretérito Indefinido — Answer Key

Choose the correct preterite form

Write the preterite form

Usage and meaning