Regular IR Verbs

Spanish: AQA GCSE (2025 Exam), topic 3.10.5

Regular IR Verbs in the Preterite Tense

To form the preterite tense for regular IR verbs, remove the IR and add the correct endings for each person (same as for regular ER verbs). Here is the example with 'vivir' (to live):

Viví - I lived

Viví - I lived

Viviste - you lived

Viviste - you lived

Vivió - he/she lived

Vivió - he/she lived

Vivimos - we lived

Vivimos - we lived

Vivisteis - you lived

Vivisteis - you lived

Vivieron - they lived

Vivieron - they lived

Test yourself on Regular IR Verbs

  • How do you say 'you lived' in the vosotros form in Spanish?

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