1 The Preterite Tense of the Irregular Verbs: Ir, Ser, Ver, Dar
2 Preterite means past tense. Used to express an event or action that began and ended at a definite time in the past. Example: I went to the store. I bought a Dr.Pepper. I accidentally spilled it.
3 Irregular Verbs Irregular Verbs: Do not follow a normal pattern of conjugation (stem + ending). You just have to memorize the different conjugations of an irregular verb.
4 4 irregular preterite verbs The 4 irregular preterite verbs we will be using are...
5 Ir means TO GO
6 Ser means TO BE
7 Ver means TO SEE
8 Dar means TO GIVE
9 Ir & Ser “Ir” and “Ser” have the EXACT same conjugations in the preterite tense!
10 Preterite Ir yo fui nosotros fuimos tú fuiste él/ella/Ud. fue ellos/ellas/Uds. fueron
11 Preterite Ser yo fui nosotros fuimos tú fuiste él/ella/Ud. fue ellos/ellas/Uds. fueron
12 Preterite VER yo vi nosotros vimos tú viste él/ella/Ud. vio ellos/ellas/Uds. vieron
13 Preterite Dar yo di nosotros dimos tú diste él/ella/Ud. dio ellos/ellas/Uds. dieron
14 Checking for Understanding
15 What does preterite mean? Past tense
16 What is an irregular verb? Does not follow a normal pattern of conjugation (stem + ending). You just have to memorize the different conjugations of an irregular verb.
17 What are the 4 irregular preterite verbs you learned today? Ir Ser Ver Dar
18 What does “ir” mean? to go
19 What does “ser” mean? to be
20 What does “ver” mean? to see
21 What does “dar” mean? to give
22 Which two verbs have the same conjugation in the preterite tense? Ir and Ser
23 What are the preterite conjugations of “ir?” yo nosotros tú él/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. fui fuiste fue fuimos fueron
24 What are the preterite conjugations of “ser?” yo nosotros tú él/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. fui fuiste fue fuimos fueron
25 What are the preterite conjugations of “ver?” yo nosotros tú él/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. vi viste vio vimos vieron
26 What are the preterite conjugations of “dar?” yo nosotros tú él/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. di diste dio dimos dieron
27 el fin
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