Let’s explore the past tense
in Spanish
The preterite
The preterite is one way to express the past tense
in Spanish.
Activity #1 READING COMPREHENSION
Attention: Your three activities for this week must be on the same
Google document, and submit to Canvas by Friday.
Click on the link
Un viaje a Costa Rica
Click again on Un viaje a Costa Rica
Write the paragraph in English
Answer the questions, and take a screenshot.
For your entertainment: Viva Mexico
Mexican Hat Dance
Bonus points: Write 5 sentences about this video in Spanish. (Use the
preterite)
Activity # 2 Part I El invierno pasado...
El invierno pasado yo fui cuatro veces a las montañas. Yo viajé con mi
hermano y nuestros amigos. ¡Nosotros vimos mucha nieve! Ellos practicaron
mucho el Snowboarding, y después bebimos mucho chocolate caliente. Mi
hermano cayó. ¡Fue terrible!
Answer the following questions in Spanish on your google doc:
1.When did he go to the mountains?
2. How many times did he go?
3. Who did he go with?
4. What did they do?
Activity #2 Part 2 Mis vacaciones. Write in English on a Google doc
Yo viajé a Europa con mi novia. Empezamos en España. Fuimos a Barcelona,
¡una ciudad muy bella y romántica! Tomamos un taxi a la Sagrada Familia.
Costó mucho visitar. Pero, después, fuimos a comer. Yo comí paella y ella
comió pizza. Finalmente, regresé a los Estados Unidos.
Let’s learn how to use Irregular verbs in the
preterite!
Activity #3 A date with a celebrity
Write a story in Spanish about a date you had
with your favorite celebrity. Where did you go?
What did you do? Did you order anything at
your favorite restaurant? Elaborate on your
story. You must write 15 sentences using
regular and irregular verbs in Spanish in the
PRETERITE. Please do not repeat the use of
the verbs.