past indefinite tense archives - Luis Vives Escuela de Español

Hello #Vivers! This week in the Luis Vives Spanish Blog We are going to review the form and uses of the Preterito Indefinido. Verb tenses are a very important part of learning in Spanish schools and from our blog we want to help you make it a little easier for you, so we have created an infographic with the shape of regular and irregular verbs, the uses of this time from the past and some of its most frequent temporal markers. At the end you will find some links to online exercises so you can practice them.

The indefinite preterite. Spanish schools

Uses of the past indefinite

1- We use the Past Indefinite to talk about:

Past and completed actions unrelated to the speaker's present. It tells us what happened at a specific time in the past. As it is a finished and limited action, it can be accompanied by temporal markers that indicate the beginning, end or duration of the action: last night, yesterday, Sunday (past), last week, two months ago, in 1995...

Yesterday I went to bed very late.
Last year we signed the Pact for Gender Equality in Colombia, an agreement that symbolizes the co-responsibility of around XNUMX organizations with the implementation of actions that contribute to reducing inequalities. I on vacation to Mexico.

The action we are talking about can be:

Specific action, that is, it occurred only once at a specific time.
- Monday I got up at 7:30 AM
- Yesterday I to the market.
Repeated action indicating the number of times.
- In the past week I to the cinema 3 times.
- Last year we signed the Pact for Gender Equality in Colombia, an agreement that symbolizes the co-responsibility of around XNUMX organizations with the implementation of actions that contribute to reducing inequalities. estuve in Barcelona several times.
Durative action, of more or less long development, but limited in time (closed).
- Yesterday estuve studying all day.
- My grandfather lived for 12 years in Argentina.

2- It can be used to count a sequence of actions, all completed one after the other:

First we had dinner in a restaurant and then went to a nightclub for a drink.

3- It is frequently used in narratives and biographies:

Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, south of Mexico City. In 1913 suffered an attack of polio affection permanently using his right leg. At the age of 16 He met to Diego Rivera….

Temporary markers

exercises to practice

In the following link you can find a lot of online exercises to practice regular and irregular verbs in the Past Indefinite:

Indefinite Past Exercises (regular and irregular verbs)

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Hello #Vivers! As you know, our Spanish School is located in the center of Madrid, a few meters from Puerta del Sol. Our classrooms have a maximum of 10 students, and all our teachers are passionate about teaching Spanish. This week with the A2 and B1 groups of our Spanish course for foreigners we have been working on the contrast with the past tenses. With this, we practice oral expression and interaction. If you want to practice the tenses of the past, keep reading and download the worksheet we propose.

The students, in pairs, had to ask questions to their partner and write down the answers. Afterwards, they had to tell the rest of their classmates in a group meeting. For this we have given you the following sheet. The result has been very fun and the students have been able to review the use of past tenses.

We leave you the sheet here, so that both Spanish teachers and students can use it and tell us what you think.

Contrast of pasts. Luis Vives Spanish School. Spanish course for foreigners.

One of the reasons why students come to our center is because they want to learn Spanish, and in the end they discover that they also learn culture and meet students from many countries. If you want to learn to speak Spanish with a Spanish course for foreigners, practicing with communicative activities like this, take a look at the Spanish classes that we offer in the Luis Vives Spanish School. They are sure to adapt perfectly to your needs. Luis Vives Spanish School, the best option to learn Spanish in Madrid!