Curated OER
El Preterito
The preterite form of verbs is explained in the second slide of this PowerPoint. It is followed by different examples of preterite endings for Spanish verbs and important tips. Tips: Introduce your lesson with this colorful PowerPoint!
Curated OER
The Preterite Tense
Focus on how to conjugate Spanish verbs in the preterite. You can use this webpage to inform your own lesson on the preterite, take a day in the computer lab, or flip your classroom and have pupils examine the page for homework. There is...
Curated OER
Past Tense Weather Worksheet
What was the weather like yesterday? Using the past tense, describe the weather conditions. Through four different exercises, language learners will review weather-related vocabulary terms and the pretérito indefinido and pretérito...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: El Preterito Formas (Part 3)
These Colby College exercises provide a very extensive review of irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the preterite tense. Change present tense conjugations to preterite tense. Answers may be checked and corrected.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: El Preterito Formas (Part 4)
These exercises provide a very extensive review of irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the preterite tense. Provides practice in the third person plural form in preparation for the imperfect subjunctive. Answers may...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: El Preterito Formas (Part 2)
These exercises review irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the preterite tense. Conjugate verbs to match the subject. Answers may be checked and corrected.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Preterites Irregular Meanings
Practice using verbs that change their meaning in the preterite tense: conocer, saber, querer, tener, and poder. Complete translations from English to Spanish by choosing the correct form of a verb in the preterite or imperfect. Answers...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: El Preterito Formas (Part 1)
These exercises provide a very extensive review of irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the preterite tense. Conjugate verbs to match the subject. Answers may be checked and corrected.
Trent University
Mas Arriba: El Preterito (Los Verbos Irregulares 2)
Through this exercise, students practice conjugating a variety of irregular verbs in the preterite tense. Read the sentences, view the picture and type in your response. To check your answer just click on the drop down arrow next to...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Preterite vs Imperfect Review
Comprehensive review of the preterite and imperfect past tenses. Includes regular, irregular, and stem-changing conjugations. Rules for usage and time expressions in Spanish are listed. A quiz at the end of the lesson tests the student's...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: The Future Tense
Colby College provides a great explanation of how to conjugate verbs in the future tense, with English translations of the examples. Twenty sentences provide fantastic practice in changing verbs from preterite tense to future tense...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Preterite Part 2
This site is an introduction to four common irregular verbs in the preterite tense: ser, ir, dar, and hacer. A quiz at the end of the lesson tests the student's mastery of these irregular conjugations.
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Preterite Part 5
Great lesson on some of the most common irregular verbs in the preterite tense: decir, traer, ver, and producir. A quiz at the end of the lesson tests the student's mastery of these conjugations.
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Preterite Part 6
Great lesson on some of the most common irregular verbs in the preterite tense that follow the same pattern for their endings: andar, estar, tener, caber, haber, poder, poner, saber, hacer, querer, and venir. A quiz at the end of the...
Other
Spanish Verb Conjugation: Preterite
A great tool to practice verb conjugations in the preterite tense. The student may choose the type of verb (regular, irregular, etc.) that needs to be drilled. As each answer is entered, the student receives immediate feedback on the...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: The Preterite Tense
These exercises from Colby College provide a very extensive review of irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the preterite tense for more than 50 verbs. Practice conjugating these verbs in verb charts. Answers may be...
Language Guide
Language Guide: Preterite
This verb conjugation site is a great review of the formation of the forms of the regular preterite forms as well as those with spelling changes, stem-changes, and irregular forms. All sections have links to verb conjugation practice.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Antes Del Viaje (Peterite Tense)
This review of regular and irregular Spanish verbs features charts for the preterite tense, including stem-changers and spelling changes.
Languages Online
Languages Online: Ser
Great explanation of how to use the verb "ser". Matching, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and crossword exercises provide practice using "ser" with professions, nationalities, and characteristics. An opportunity to practice...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: "Hace" to Mean "Ago"
This site has a good explanation of the use of "hacer," in the preterite tense with time expressions to mean "ago." Examples in Spanish and English supplement the explanation. A short test at the end of the lesson tests the student's...