Nombre:_______________________________
Per: ________
Unidad 6 Etapa 1 pp. 396-417
LEARNING TARGETS: “By the end of this chapter I will be able to…”
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Tell what happened
Make suggestions to a group
Describe city buildings
Talk about professions
GRAMMAR: “I will use the grammar below to meet the learning targets.”
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 Use preterite of regular –er and –ir verbs pp. 404-405
 Use preterite of verbs with a y spelling change pp. 406-407
 Use preterite of hacer, ir, ser pp. 407-411
CULTURE: “I will learn about culture to meet the learning targets.”
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History and culture of Quito, Ecuador pp.392-393, 407, 412-413
The dollar p. 409
Regional vocabulary p. 410
Colonial Ecuador p. 412
TRACKING MY PROGRESS
La fecha
Assessment
(Vocabulary & Grammar Quizzes & Project)
Nota
(Points, Percent, Grade)
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I. THE PRETERITE OF –er AND –ir VERBS p. 404
LEARNING TARGET: Learn about the preterite forms of –er and –ir verbs. Then practice
using these verbs to say what you and others did.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION: Remember that the preterite is a tense used to express
an action completed at a definite time in the past. In English, regular verbs in the past
tense end in –ed.
APPLICATION: Regular –er and –ir verbs follow a pattern similar to regular –ar verbs in the
preterite.
Here’s how:
In the preterite, -er and –ir verb endings are identical.
preterite –er endings
preterite –ir endings
vender – to sell
escribir – to write
The yo forms and the él, ella, usted forms have accents.
Vendí la computadora.
I sold the computer.
Tomás escribió una carta.
Tomás wrote a card.
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The nosotros(as) form of regular –ir verbs is the same in both the present and the preterite.
Use context clues to determine the tense of the verb.
Salimos a las ocho anoche.
We left at eight o’clock last night.
The word anoche
tells you that
salimos is in the
preterite tense.
¡PARA y PIENSA! Did you get it? Conjugate the following verbs in the preterite form for
the subjects given.
1. tú / comer
4. Uds. / asistir
2. él / beber
5. yo / correr
3. vosotros / recibir
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II. TALKING ABOUT THE PAST: VERBS WITH A y SPELLING CHANGE p. 406
LEARNING TARGET: Learn about the verbs in the preterite form that have a y spelling
change. Then practice using these verbs to say what you and others did.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION: The spelling of some verbs in English changes in the
past tense when –ed is added: for example: admit  admitted, stop  stopped, picnic 
picnicked. Spanish also has verbs that change their spelling in the preterite.
APPLICATION: To write the third person preterite forms of –er and –ir verbs with stems
that end in a vowel, change the í to y.
oír – to hear
leer – to read
creer – to believe
NOTICE that all of these preterite forms require an ______________, except the
______________________ forms.
¡PARA y PIENSA! Did you get it? Conjugate the following verbs in the preterite form for
the subjects given.
1. tú / oír
4. Uds. / oír
2. él / leer
5. yo / leer
3. vosotros / creer
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III. USING IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PRETERITE: hacer, ir, ser p. 407
LEARNING TARGET: Learn about the irregular preterite forms of ir, ser, and hacer. Then
practice these forms to say where you went and what you did.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION: Irregular verbs do not follow the pattern of regular
verbs. In English, irregular verbs in this tense do not end in –ed.
She went to the aquarium.
Ella fue al acuario.
Irregular verb
Irregular verb
APPLICATION: Ir, ser and hacer are irregular in the preterite tense. The verb ir is
irregular in the preterite. Its preterite forms are exactly the same as the preterite forms
of ser. Hacer also has irregular preterite forms. These verbs don’t have any accents in
the preterite.
Here’s how:
ir – to go
ser –to be
hacer – to do, to make
The preterite forms of ir and ser are exactly the same. Use context clues to determine which verb
is being used. Which sentence below used the verb ir and which sentence used the verb ser? How
do you know?
Fuimos a la escuela.
¡Fue un día fenomenal!
Like ir and ser, the preterite forms of hacer have no accents.
¿Qué hiciste ayer?
What did you do yesterday?
Yo hice la tarea.
I did homework.
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¡PARA y PIENSA! Did you get it? Complete the following sentences with the correct
preterite forms of hacer and ir or ser. Then tell whether you used ir or ser.
1. Nosotros ________________ la tarea; ________________ muy fácil.
2. Yo _________________ a la playa. ________________ esquí acuático (water skiing).
3. ¿________________ ellos al parque. ¿Y qué _______________ allí?
PRÁCTICA: Preterite Verbs – Conjugate the following verbs for the subject given.
1. yo / almorzar
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nosotros / devolver
2.
tú / ir
17.
vosotros / lavar
3.
vosotros / trabajar
18.
Uds. / asistir
4.
él / leer
19.
vosotros / cenar
5.
Ud. / estudiar
20.
yo / ir
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vosotros / ser
21.
tú / bailar
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nosotros / tomar
22.
Ud. / creer
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tú / escribir
23.
ellas / trabajar
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ellas / bailar
24.
yo / ser
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ella / aprender
25.
nosotros / estudiar
11.
yo / jugar
26.
vosotros / lavar
12.
ellos / oír
27.
tú / mover
13.
nosotros / preparar
28.
nosotros / escribir
14.
Uds. / hacer
29.
él / hacer
15.
tú / cenar
30.
yo / sacar
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