1 Use the preterite to talk about completed actions in the past – I used to ride my bike every day. – Last Saturday, I went to the park. Preterite Tense of –AR verbs  completed possibly still  ongoing

2 1. Take infinitive 2. Drop ending (last 2 letters) 3. Add present tense -AR endings How do we conjugate in the present tense?

3 1. Take infinitive 2. Drop ending (last 2 letters) 3. Add preterite tense -AR endings To conjugate in the preterite: (regular –AR verbs)

4 Preterite endings (Regular –AR verbs) é aste ó amos asteis aron

5 - I swam. -Mariana skated. -We walked. A practicar (Yo) nadé. (Ella) patinó. (Nosotros) caminamos.

6 There is a spelling change in the YO form of preterite regular verbs that end in: -car -gar -zar -CAR, -GAR, -ZAR verbs

7 car verbs  c becomes qu Ejemplos:  (yo) busqué  (yo) toqué buscar tocar

8 gar verbs  g becomes gu Ejemplos:  (yo) jugué  (yo) llegué jugar llegar

9 zar verbs  z becomes c Ejemplos:  (yo) almorcé  (yo) comencé almorzar comenzar