Preterite: Regular 'ER' Verbs (1/2)

Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 8.2.6

Regular ER Verbs in the Preterite Tense

To form the preterite tense for regular ER verbs, remove the ER and add the correct endings for each person. Here is the example with 'comer' (to eat):

Comí - I ate

Comí - I ate

Comiste - you ate

Comiste - you ate

Comió - he/she ate / you ate (formal)

Comió - he/she ate / you ate (formal)

Comimos - we ate

Comimos - we ate

Comisteis - you ate (plural)

Comisteis - you ate (plural)

Comieron - they ate / you ate (formal plural)

Comieron - they ate / you ate (formal plural)

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