Build Regular ar Completed-Past Forms
The practiced regular ar preterite endings are é, aste, ó, amos and aron.
About 25 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 1Describe Supplied Completed Past Events
The preterite presents a supplied past event as bounded or completed in the narrative. Forms depend on conjugation class and subject; time words help interpret the story but do not mechanically force one tense in every context.
Before you begin
- Use present subject labels, infinitive stems and basic event sequence words.
Choose by skill rather than age alone. Read with an adult when useful, revisit a lesson, or explore another grade.
Follow the lesson sequence
Build Regular er and ir Completed-Past Forms
Regular er and ir verbs share the practiced preterite endings í, iste, ió, imos and ieron.
About 25 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 2Use Context for Shared Ser and Ir Past Forms
Ser and ir share preterite forms such as fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos and fueron.
About 25 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 3Read the Order of Completed Events
A past narrative combines verb forms with ordering cues.
About 25 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 4Review and transfer
After the lessons, try 4 new review cases and a practical task. Each answer has an explanation and a link back to the related lesson.
Open the unit reviewGuest answers are temporary. Keep your own paper or document; this unit does not certify completion or record a school grade.
Topic references
- Instituto Cervantes Plan Curricular, broad topic reference: topic reference — Describe Supplied Completed Past Events
These references informed the topic selection. They do not certify complete standards alignment.