Practice Preterite Tense Conjugation Spanish Quiz

Ser is used to talk about people’s past professions. In the preterite tense, ‘ser’ is an irregular verb and its conjugation for the third person (She/He) is fue.

In the preterite tense, ser and ir share the same conjugation, but ‘ir’ is still used to talk about movement while ‘ser’ talks about profession, nationality and people’s characteristics. The conjugation for the third singular person (She/He) is fue.  

Just like in the present tense, ponerse is also irregular in the preterite tense. Notice that reflexive verbs follow the same conjugation rules as non-reflexive verbs.  Me puse is the conjugation for yo since it was me who performed the action on myself. 

In Spanish, the expression cumplir años means ‘to have a birthday’. Cumplir is a regular verb, as a result, you just need to add the proper ending to the verb’s root. In this case, mis papás (plural) use the ending -ieron (cumplieron)

Preterite tense talks about completed actions with a clear starting or ending point. This is indicated with a time expression, in this case, hoy. So, in this case, desayunar needs to be conjugated in the past tense because the action has already finished. Desayunó is the regular conjugation for the third person singular (she/he).

‘Sacaste’ is the preterite conjugation for the second person singular (tú). Notice that sacar has some irregularities if used with the person yo. Since I’m assuming that the action is completed (taking the trash out), I need to conjugate the verb in the preterite tense.

Ya (already) is one of the most common time expressions that triggers preterite in Spanish. Also, terminar is a regular verb, as a result, you just need to add the regular ending for verbs with -ar ending. For the third singular person (Zoe) would be terminó.

When it comes to the first person singular (Yo), sacar has some spelling irregularities that are meant to preserve the pronunciation of this word. So, in this case, the conjugation for this verb is saqué. This irregularity is present in all verbs that end with ‘-car’ (tocar, sacar, buscar, explicar, etc).

In the preterite tense, ir shares the same conjugation as ser. However, ir expresses movement or to go to a certain place. Fueron is the conjugation for the person ‘ellos’ (my parents).

In Spanish, the preterite tense talks about actions that have a clear ending or starting point which we indicate with time markers such as el año pasado. Since this point in time is clearly defined, the verb ‘casarse’ needs to be conjugated in the preterite. Casarse means to get married and its preterite conjugation for this case is se casaron.

In the preterite tense, saber is an irregular verb. As a result, its root changes to ‘sup-’. In this case, the correct conjugation for the first person singular (Yo) is supe.

La semana pasada is a common expression that triggers preterite since it indicates a clear point in the past. Decir is an irregular in the preterite tense. In this example, the verb needs to be conjugated for the person ‘Tú’. As a result, dijiste is the correct answer.

The action (me living in Argentina) in this example has a clear ending: last year. Vivir follows a regular conjugation model in the preterite tense. As a result, you need to add the proper ending to the root (Yo viví). Notice that accents are an important part of some preterite conjugations.

In the preterite tense, reflexive verbs follow the conjugation model of its non-reflexive verb. In this case, bañarse follows the conjugation that you would use with bañar, but you just need to make sure to add the proper reflexive pronoun. In this case, we’re talking about them (my brothers), so the correct conjugation is se bañaron.