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Review: Describe 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.

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Unit review questions
1. Repair this deliberately flawed regular ar preterite sentence without changing the speaker: “tú estudié”. Infinitive estudiar means study; context one explicitly completed event yesterday. Which replacement verb restores agreement?
Need a hint?
  • Remove ar and add the supplied subject’s preterite ending.
  • Ayer alone is not a universal tense switch; descriptions about yesterday can use other past forms.
2. Repair this deliberately flawed regular er/ir preterite sentence without changing the speaker: “tú viví”. Infinitive vivir means live; context one explicitly completed past event. Which replacement verb restores agreement?
Need a hint?
  • Remove the infinitive’s er or ir and add the requested subject ending.
  • Some verbs have spelling or stem irregularities in this tense; the task uses only the supplied regular models.
3. Original completed-past sentence: “El taller fue útil.” Glosses: biblioteca=library; parque=park; sala=room; casa=home; clase=class; reunión=meeting; interesante=interesting; corta=short; útil=useful; estudiantes=students. Which interpretation of the shared past form fits its complement?
Need a hint?
  • Read the complete supplied sentence.
  • The same form can represent two different verbs, so a memorized conjugation label is insufficient.
4. Original narrative: “Después de comer, escribí.” Glosses: abrí=opened; escribí=wrote; llegué=arrived; hablé=spoke; compré=bought; dibujé=drew; guardé=put away; leí=read; cuaderno=notebook; comer=eat; descansé=rested; luego=then; finalmente=finally. Identify the later action.
Need a hint?
  • Read each action and its connective as a pair.
  • Narrative order is not identical to physical sentence order when antes/después clauses intervene.

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Create a four-part Spanish practice sheet from the following supplied situations. 1. A third-person label says “ella miró”. Convert it to the person speaking about themself, yo, preserving mirar (look) and the regular ar preterite, context one explicitly completed event yesterday. Which replacement verb is needed? Candidate answers: (A) miramos (B) miraste (C) miré (D) miró. 2. A third-person label says “ella escribió”. Convert it to the person speaking about themself, yo, preserving escribir (write) and the regular er/ir preterite, context one explicitly completed past event. Which replacement verb is needed? Candidate answers: (A) escribimos (B) escribiste (C) escribió (D) escribí. 3. Original completed-past sentence: “Fueron estudiantes durante ese curso.” Glosses: biblioteca=library; parque=park; sala=room; casa=home; clase=class; reunión=meeting; interesante=interesting; corta=short; útil=useful; estudiantes=students. Which interpretation of the shared past form fits its complement? Candidate answers: (A) future querer, preference (B) ir, movement (C) present tener, possession (D) ser, description. 4. Original narrative: “Ayer estudié una hora. Luego descansé.” Glosses: abrí=opened; escribí=wrote; llegué=arrived; hablé=spoke; compré=bought; dibujé=drew; guardé=put away; leí=read; cuaderno=notebook; comer=eat; descansé=rested; luego=then; finalmente=finally. Identify the sequence supported by text. Candidate answers: (A) Both actions occurred simultaneously (B) Only rest is stated (C) Rest followed by study (D) Study followed by rest.

Work on paper or in your own document. Explain the choices you made.

  • Use the exact supplied situation and speaker rather than personal details.
  • Show the relevant word ending, evidence phrase, time cue or meaning distinction.
  • Write all four requested results with accents and punctuation.
  • Explain one rejected alternative and check that meaning remains faithful to the input.
Compare with a model response

1. miré. The supplied subject yo needs the é ending in this regular ar preterite pattern. Remove ar from mirar, leaving mir, then add é: miré. The other offered forms belong to different subjects. 2. escribí. The supplied subject yo needs the í ending in this regular er/ir preterite pattern. Remove ir from escribir, leaving escrib, then add í: escribí. The other offered forms belong to different subjects. 3. ser, description. The form alone is shared, but estudiantes classifies the people during that course. Therefore this sentence uses ser, description. The supplied complement distinguishes the two interpretations without changing their shared preterite spelling. 4. Study followed by rest. Luego descansé places rest after the supplied studying. This evidence establishes order or the stated destination, without proving an unstated cause.

A different response can also meet the criteria. Compare the evidence and reasoning, rather than copying the wording.