Regular AR Verbs
Spanish: Edexcel IGCSE, topic 8.2.1
Regular AR Verbs in the Preterite Tense
To form the preterite tense of regular AR verbs, remove the AR and add the correct endings for each person. Here is the example with 'hablar' (to speak, talk):
Hablé - I spoke
Hablaste - you spoke
Habló - he/she spoke
Hablamos - we spoke
Hablasteis - you (plural) spoke
Hablaron - they spoke
5 Common Regular AR Verbs in the Preterite Tense
Trabajar - to work
- Trabajé - I worked.
- Trabajaste - you worked.
- Trabajó - he/she worked.
- Trabajamos - we worked.
- Trabajasteis - you worked.
- Trabajaron -they worked.
Pasar - to happen, spend (time)
- Pasé - I spent.
- Pasaste - you spent.
- Pasó - he/she spent.
- Pasamos - we spent.
- Pasasteis - you spent.
- Pasaron - they spent.
Necesitar - to need
- Necesité - I needed.
- Necesitaste - you needed.
- Necesitó - he/she needed.
- Necesitamos - we needed.
- Necesitasteis - you needed.
- Necesitaron - they needed.
Estudiar - to study
- Estudié - I studied.
- Estudiaste - you studied.
- Estudió - he/she studied.
- Estudiamos - we studied.
- Estudiasteis - you studied.
- Estudiaron - they studied.
Ayudar - to help
- Ayudé - I helped.
- Ayudaste - you helped.
- Ayudó - he/she helped.
- Ayudamos - we helped.
- Ayudasteis - you helped.
- Ayudaron - they helped.
Test yourself on Regular AR Verbs
How do you say 'we spoke' in Spanish?
How do you say 'he helped' in Spanish?