Regular Preterite

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Preterite Review Sheet
Regular Preterite
Irregular Stem Preterite
-AR
-ER/IR
Irregular Preterite
SER / IR
HACER
LEER / CREER
VER
DAR
Oír
In Ellos form, drop the I in ieron
IR STEM CHANGE VERBS
Spell changing Verbs

• Only in Yo form of AR
• CAR- to QU
• GAR- GU
• ZAR- C

Stem Change Preterite
Rule 1 Only IR verbs stem change in the
preterite
Rule 2 Only stem change in the EL / ELLOS form
of the verb
I changes to Y in an I-sandwich.
Rule 3 We only stem change E to I, or O to U
(not e-ie or o-ue)