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Complete Spanish Grammar

6.    So many commercials! She paid to see a movie, not boring commercials!

7.    Marisa slept for one hour. _

8.    She woke up twenty minutes before the end of the movie. _

Irregular Verbs in the Preterit

Many common verbs have irregular forms in the Spanish preterit. These verbs have irregular stems and are easy to group according to their patterns of stem changes and endings. Instead of the regular preterit verb endings they have a distinctive set of endings. Notę that they are with-out accent marks: -e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron.

Study the following patterns of irregular verbs.

•    Yerbs with uv in the stem:

anduve, anduviste, anduvo, anduvimos, anduvisteis, anduvieron

estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuweron tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron

cupe, cupiste, cupo, cupimos, cupisteis, cupieron hubę, hubiste, hubo, hubimos, hubisteis, hubieron pude, pudiste, pudo, pudimos, pudisteis, pudieron puse, pusiste, puso, pusimos, pusisteis, pusieron supe, supiste, supo, supimos, supisteis, supieron

and ar (to walk)    anduv-

estar (to be)    estuv-

tener (tokowe)    tuv-

•    Yerbs with a u in the stem:

caber (tofit)    cup-

haber (must, to be)    hub-

poder (to be able)    pud-

poner (toput)    pus-

saber (toknow)    sup-

ejercicio

Practica. Usa el preteńto.

1.    Alberto could not. _

2.    Last night Rita put the keys on the table.

3.    The suitcase did not fit in the car trunk.

4.    Yesterday there was a meeting. _

5.    They were here. _

6.    I put the fork in the drawer (gaveta). _

7.    We had to go to the storę. _

8.    Were you (Uds.) at the party? _

9.    My friends had an accident. _