El Preterito – (past simple tense)

The past tense can be quite complicated in Spanish.  The preterite is the simple past tense and is used to talk about things we did in the past.  The endings of the verbs change differently to how they do in the present tense.  Look at the table below to find the endings for regular verbs in the preterite.

Unfortunately, not all verbs are regular in Spanish, below are 4 irregular verbs that are used often.  You have to learn these off by heart as there is no pattern.

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