This document discusses how to conjugate verbs ending in "-AR" in the preterite tense in Spanish. It explains that the preterite tense is used to talk about actions that were completed in the past. It provides a 3 step process to conjugate "-AR" verbs in the preterite: 1) drop the "-AR" ending, 2) determine who performed the action, and 3) add the correct ending based on the subject ("-é", "-aste", "-ó", "-amos", "-aron"). An example is provided using the verb "cantar" (to sing).

1. El pretérito: verbos en -AR

2. What is “el pretérito”? Stuff that happened in the past!! It’s DONE… OVER WITH!!

3. How do we conjugate an AR verb en el pretérito?? There are 3 simple steps!!!

4. STEP 1

5. Drop the ending!

6. Let’s take a look

7. CANT AR to sing

8. STEP 2

9. Figure out WHO DID THE ACTION??

10. I sang

11. You sang

12. He or She sang

13. We sang

14. They sang

15. STEP 3

16. Add the correct ending:

17. -é -aste -ó -amos -aron yo t ú él nosotros ellos

18. CANT É I sang

19. yo cant é

20. CANT ASTE you sang

21. tú cantaste

22. CANT Ó he or she sang

23. Él cantó Ella cantó

24. CANT AMOS we sang

25. nosotros cantamos

26. CANT ARON they sang

27. ellos cantaron

28. IT’S THAT SIMPLE!!

29. Let’s review

30. 3 steps: Drop the ending

31. CANT AR to sing

32. 3 steps: Drop the ending Figure out who did the action

33. I sang you sang he or she sang we sang they sang

34. 3 steps: Drop the ending Figure out who did the action add the correct ending

35. yo cant t ú cant é l/ella/Ud. cant nosotros cant ellos/ellas/Uds .cant é aste ó amos aron

36. ¡Qué Bueno!