Comparing summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st and 2nd person singular | Spanish

Starter quiz

Match the English and Spanish.
- water
  
  ⇔
  
  el agua ✓
- meat
  
  ⇔
  
  la carne ✓
- fruit
  
  ⇔
  
  la fruta ✓
- abroad
  
  ⇔
  
  el extranjero ✓
- world
  
  ⇔
  
  el mundo ✓
- man
  
  ⇔
  
  el hombre ✓
Match the Spanish and English.
- beber
  
  ⇔
  
  to drink, drinking ✓
- leer
  
  ⇔
  
  to read, reading ✓
- comer
  
  ⇔
  
  to eat, eating ✓
- descubrir
  
  ⇔
  
  to discover, discovering ✓
- vivir
  
  ⇔
  
  to live, living ✓
- visitar
  
  ⇔
  
  to visit, visiting ✓
The ______ is a verb tense used to describe completed events in the past.
- present
- future
- preterite ✓
To conjugate the 'I' form of an -ar verb in the preterite tense you remove the (-ar) and add ______.
- 'é' ✓
Translate into Spanish: 'I cleaned'.
- 'limpié' ✓
Translate into Spanish: 'I washed the dog.'
- 'Lavé el perro.' ✓

Exit quiz

Match the Spanish and English.
- el año
  
  ⇔
  
  year ✓
- el autobús
  
  ⇔
  
  bus ✓
- la canción
  
  ⇔
  
  song ✓
- el concierto
  
  ⇔
  
  concert ✓
- el premio
  
  ⇔
  
  prize ✓
Match the Spanish and English.
- cantar
  
  ⇔
  
  to sing, singing ✓
- coger
  
  ⇔
  
  to take, taking (more used in Spain) ✓
- ganar
  
  ⇔
  
  to win, winning ✓
- intentar
  
  ⇔
  
  to try, trying ✓
- tomar
  
  ⇔
  
  to take, taking (more used in Latin America) ✓
Put the words below in the correct order to complete the following sentence: 'El _____ pasado _____ un _____ para ir a un _____ y _____ mi _____ favorita.'
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  año
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  tomé
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  autobús
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  concierto
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  cantar
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  canción
'Caminé por la playa.' What are the possible meanings of 'por' in this sentence?
- around ✓
- along ✓
- because of
- because
The 'you' form of the preterite of -ar verbs always ends in ______.
- '-aste' ✓
Translate into Spanish: 'You won a prize'.
- 'Ganaste un premio.' ✓

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Key learning points

The 2nd person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in (-aste).
The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in (-é).
There is no Spanish equivalent for the English auxiliary 'did'.

Common misconception

All the different persons of the -ar verbs in the preterite tense have the same endings, as in the English simple past, e.g. 'did', 'ate', 'went', 'learned'.

In Spanish, the endings for -ar verbs in the preterite tense differ depending on the grammatical person. The 'I' form ends in -é and the 'you' form ends in -aste.

Keywords

Por - preposition meaning 'around' and 'along' when used to indicate the movement in a physical space and 'because of' when used to introduce the reason or motive behind an action
Porque - conjunction meaning 'because' used to introduce a reason or cause for something
Preterite - a verb tense to describe completed events in the past e.g. 'I did'