Diagnostics_number_2 Completar Fill in the blanks with the preterite form of the appropriate verbs.
Tú le [removed] (traer, estar) un regalo a Julián, ¿verdad?
Ayer [removed] (traducir, haber) una boda en el Club Campestre.
El sábado pasado yo [removed] (dar, saber) una fiesta en mi casa, pero no [removed] (poner, venir) nadie.
Alejandra y Cristian [removed] (decir, hacer) que quieren celebrar su aniversario en México
The Correct Answer and Explanation is :
Here are the correct answers with an explanation:
Completed Sentences with Preterite Forms:
- Tú le trajiste un regalo a Julián, ¿verdad?
(You brought a gift to Julián, right?)
- Verb: traer → trajiste (preterite tú form)
- Ayer hubo una boda en el Club Campestre.
(Yesterday, there was a wedding at the Country Club.)
- Verb: haber → hubo (preterite third-person singular; impersonal form)
- El sábado pasado yo di una fiesta en mi casa, pero no vino nadie.
(Last Saturday, I gave a party at my house, but no one came.)
- Verb: dar → di (preterite yo form)
- Verb: venir → vino (preterite third-person singular)
- Alejandra y Cristian dijeron que quieren celebrar su aniversario en México.
(Alejandra and Cristian said that they want to celebrate their anniversary in Mexico.)
- Verb: decir → dijeron (preterite third-person plural)
Explanation (300 words)
The preterite tense in Spanish is used to describe completed actions in the past. In these sentences, the verbs used are irregular preterite verbs, which means they do not follow the regular -ar, -er, or -ir conjugation patterns.
- Traer (to bring) → “trajiste”
- This is an irregular verb in the preterite tense. The stem changes to “traj-” and follows the pattern:
- Yo traje
- Tú trajiste
- Él/Ella/Usted trajo
- Nosotros trajimos
- Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes trajeron
- Haber (to have/exist) → “hubo”
- “Haber” in the preterite is always “hubo” when expressing existence (e.g., “There was a wedding”).
- Dar (to give) → “di” & Venir (to come) → “vino”
- “Dar” acts like an -er/-ir verb in the preterite, with no accent marks.
- “Venir” changes its stem to “vin-” and follows irregular endings.
- Decir (to say/tell) → “dijeron”
- “Decir” changes to “dij-” in the preterite.
- In the ellos/ellas/ustedes form, it does not use “ieron” but just “eron” (dijeron, not ~dijieron~).
These rules highlight why Spanish preterite irregular verbs are unique. They require memorization since they do not follow standard patterns.
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