The document provides information on conjugating regular verbs ending in -ar, -er, and -ir in the preterite tense in Spanish. It gives the pronouns and endings used for each verb form and provides examples of commonly used verbs conjugated in the preterite tense, such as "hablar", "comer", and "escribir". It also notes some irregular verb forms for those ending in -car, -gar, and -zar and includes a short activity translating example sentences.

1. Los verbos regulares en el pretérito

3. Let’s review the pronouns. Yo I Nosotros We Tú You (informal) Él He Ella She Usted You (formal) Ellos They (m.) Ellas They (f.) Ustedes You all

4. REGULAR VERBS THAT END IN –AR To conjugate the regular verbs that end in –ar in the preterite tense, you must remove the –ar ending and replace it with the following endings. Yo - é Nosotros - amos Tú - aste Él Ella - ó Usted Ellos Ellas - aron Ustedes

5. Here is an example: Let’s conjugate the verb Hablar (to speak, to talk) You should remove the –ar ending from the verb Habl ar and add the correct ending for each subject. Yo habl é (I spoke) Nosotros habl amos (We spoke) Tú habl aste (You spoke) Él (He spoke) Ella habl ó (She spoke ) Usted (You spoke -formal) Ellos (They spoke) Ellas habl aron (They spoke) Ustedes (You all spoke)

10. Here is an example: Let’s conjugate the verb Comer (to eat) You should remove the –er ending from the verb Com er and add the correct ending for each subject. Yo com í (I ate) Nosotros com imos (We ate) Tú com iste (You ate) Él (He ate) Ella com ió (She ate ) Usted (You ate -formal) Ellos (They ate) Ellas com ieron (They ate) Ustedes (You all ate)

12. Here is an example: Let’s conjugate the verb Escribir (to write) You should remove the –ir ending from the verb Escrib ir and add the correct ending for each subject. Yo escrib í (I wrote) Nosotros escrib imos (We wrote) Tú escrib iste (You wrote) Él (He wrote) Ella escrib ió (She wrote ) Usted (You wrote -formal) Ellos (They wrote) Ellas escrib ieron (They wrote) Ustedes (You all wrote)

13. Let’s conjugate some more regular verbs in the preterite tense. Cantar – to sing canté cantamos cantaste cantó cantaron Preparar – to prepare preparé preparamos preparaste preparó pepararon Correr – to run corrí corrimos corriste corrió corrieron Recibir – to receive recibí recibimos recibiste recibió recibieron