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Exercise A2
Regular verbs. Type in the verbs in the preterite tense.
- Ayer Marta y Luis (perder) el autobús.[Yesterday, Marta and Luis missed the bus.]|er-verb, 3rd person plural ending: ieron
- Hace cinco años (ganar/yo) una competición de gimnasia.[Five years ago, I won a gymnastics competition.]|ar-verb, 1st person singular ending: é
- Vosotros no (asistir) a la ceremonia.[You didn’t attend the ceremony.]|ir-verb, 2nd person plural ending: isteis
- Teresa de Calcuta (dedicar) su vida a los más necesitados.[Mother Theresa dedicated her life to the needy.]|ar-verb, 3rd person singular ending: ó
- Rafael Azcona (vivir) del año 1926 al 2008.[Rafael Azcona (Spanish screenwriter) lived from 1926 from 2008.]|ir-verb, 3rd person singular ending: ió
Irregular verbs. Type in the verbs in the preterite tense.
- Mis padres (tener) que abandonar sus estudios.[My parents had to break off their studies.]|irregular verb, 3rd person plural
- (andar/yo) dos kilómetros para encontrar una fuente.[I walked two kilometres to find a well/spring.]|irregular verb, 1st person singular
- Lo que (hacer/vosotros) es imperdonable.[What you have done is unforgivable.]|irregular verb, 2nd person plural
- Tú no (traer) nada a la fiesta.[You didn’t bring anything to the party.]|irregular verb, 2nd person singular
- Nunca (saber/nosotros) la verdad.[We never found out the truth.]|irregular verb, 1st person plural
All verbs. Type in the verbs in the preterite tense.
- La película (comenzar) con media hora de retraso.[The film began half an hour late.]|regular ar-verb, 3rd person singular → -ó
- La semana pasada (colgar/yo) unas fotos en la red.[Last week I put a few photos on the internet.]|To preserve the pronunciation of g, we have to add a u before the ending in the 1st person singular.
- (pedir/ella) un montón de regalos para su cumpleaños.[She wanted lots of gifts for her birthday.]|irregular verb, 3rd person singular (change of root vowel)
- Anoche los niños se (dormir) en seguida.[Last night the children fell asleep right away.]|3rd person plural (change of root vowel)
- El año pasado todos los alumnos (aprobar) los exámenes finales.[Last year, all the pupils passed their final exams.]|regular ar-verb, 3rd person plural → aron