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Complete Spanish Grammar

Other Uses of the Preterit

The preterit is also used to communicate other actions in the past, such as:

•    an action or event that lasted for a specific period of time. If you can determine for how long the action took place, use the preterit.

Esperó dos hor as en el consultorio    She waited two hours at Dr. Bernals office.

del Dr. Bernal.

•    a series of actions or events completed in the past. Notę that you may not be able to determine when these actions took place or for how long; yet you can identify a series of specific actions in the past.

Yo llegue a la oficina, prepare un cafe, I arrived at the office, prepared a cup of coffee, me sente y llame a un cliente.    sat down, and called a client.

   actions or events that are not usually repeated, such as:

cumplir ańos    to    turn a specific age    descubrir    to discover

darse cuenta de    to realize    graduarse    to graduate

decidir    to    decide    morir    to die

Usually it is easy to establish that the action was completed at a certain point in the past or to determine the specific time it occurred, making the use of the preterit logical.

Mi hermano cumplió treinta ańos.    My brother turned twenty.

Los gemelos se graduaron hace    The twins graduated a fewyears ago.

varios ańos.

Ella murió a los noventa ańos.    She died at ninety years of age.

ejercicio

Momentos importantes de la vida de Paco. Indica el orden de esos momentos eon los numeros 1 a 5.

_ 1. Estudió cuatro ańos en la eseuela secundaria.

_ 2. Trabajó en un proyecto de arquitectura por tres ańos.

_ 3. Decidió cambiar de profesión.

_ 4. Nació en una ciudad pequeńa.

_ 5. Se graduó de arquitecto de la universidad de Madrid.

4-5


ejercicio

Carlos y su amigo pasaron elfin de semana juntos. En espańol. Mi amigo y yo...

1. watched the gamę on television. _


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