This Spanish Medium Review quiz will introduce you to conjugating ER verbs in the past tense. The past tense in Spanish is the pretérito tense. You were first introduced to learning how to conjugate in the pretérito tense in the Spanish Medium Review quiz titled Grammar: Learning to Conjugate in the Past Tense. To help you to better understand the changing tenses of the verbs, you will find a series of quizzes that have been structured to familiarize you with AR, ER and IR verb endings, both with their present tense endings and their past tense endings and whether the verb is a regular verb or an irregular verb.
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If you have already taken the Spanish Medium Review quiz titled Grammar: Conjugating AR Verbs in the Past Tense! then you know how this quiz is going to work. If you have not already reviewed and taken that quiz, then please do so now. The introduction of that quiz will provide you with more information on conjugating verbs in the past tense. The only difference with this quiz is that it will focus only on ER verbs. Now let’s take a look at some of those verbs.
HACER (to make/to do) (irregular in both present and past)
- Present Tense: (yo) hago; (tú) haces; (él/ella/usted/lo) hace; (nosotros/as) hacemos; (vosotros/as) hacéis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) hacen
- Past Tense: (yo) hice; (tú) hiciste; (él/ella/usted/lo) hizo; (nosotros/as) hicimos; (vosotros/as) hicisteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) hicieron
LEER (to read) (regular in present / irregular in past)
- Present Tense: (yo) leo; (tú) lees; (él/ella/usted/lo) lee; (nosotros/as) leemos; (vosotros/as) leéis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) leen
- Past Tense: (yo) leí; (tú) leíste; (él/ella/usted/lo) leyó; (nosotros/as) leímos; (vosotros/as) leísteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) leyeron
PONER (to place) (irregular in both present and past)
- Present Tense: (yo) pongo; (tú) pones; (él/ella/usted/lo) pone; (nosotros/as) ponemos; (vosotros/as) ponéis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) ponen
- Past Tense: (yo) puse; (tú) pusiste; (él/ella/usted/lo) puso; (nosotros/as) pusimos; (vosotros/as) pusisteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) pusieron
VER (to see) (irregular in both present and past)
- Present Tense: (yo) veo; (tú) ves; (él/ella/usted/lo) ve; (nosotros/as) vemos; (vosotros/as) veis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) ven
- Past Tense: (yo) vi; (tú) viste; (él/ella/usted/lo) vio; (nosotros/as) vimos; (vosotros/as) visteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) vieron
DOLER (to ache) (irregular in present / regular in past)
- Present Tense: (yo) duelo; (tú) dueles; (él/ella/usted/lo) duele; (nosotros/as) dolemos; (vosotros/as) doléis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) duelen
- Past Tense: (yo) dolí; (tú) doliste; (él/ella/usted/lo) dolió; (nosotros/as) dolimos; (vosotros/as) dolisteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) dolieron
TENER (to have) (irregular in both present and past)
- Present Tense: (yo) tengo; (tú) tienes; (él/ella/usted/lo) tiene; (nosotros/as) tenemos; (vosotros/as) tenéis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) tienen
- Past Tense: (yo) tuve; (tú) tuviste; (él/ella/usted/lo) tuvo; (nosotros/as) tuvimos; (vosotros/as) tuvisteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) tuvieron
BEBER (to drink) (regular in both present and past)
- Present Tense: (yo) bebo; (tú) bebes; (él/ella/usted/lo) bebe; (nosotros/as) bebemos; (vosotros/as) bebéis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) beben
- Past Tense: (yo) bebí; (tú) bebiste; (él/ella/usted/lo) bebió; (nosotros/as) bebimos; (vosotros/as) bebisteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) bebieron
CREER (to believe) (regular in present / irregular in past)
- Present Tense: (yo) creo; (tú) crees; (él/ella/usted/lo) cree; (nosotros/as) creemos; (vosotros/as) creéis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) creen
- Past Tense: (yo) creí; (tú) creíste; (él/ella/usted/lo) creyó; (nosotros/as) creímos; (vosotros/as) creísteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) creyeron
ARDER (to burn) (regular in both present and past)
- Present Tense: (yo) ardo; (tú) ardes; (él/ella/usted/lo) arde; (nosotros/as) ardemos; (vosotros/as) ardéis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) arden
- Past Tense: (yo) ardí; (tú) ardiste; (él/ella/usted/lo) ardió; (nosotros/as) ardimos; (vosotros/as) ardisteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) ardieron
CAER (to fall) (irregular in both present and past)
- Present Tense: (yo) caigo; (tú) caes; (él/ella/usted/lo) cae; (nosotros/as) caemos; (vosotros/as) caéis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) caen
- Past Tense: (yo) caí; (tú) caíste; (él/ella/usted/lo) cayó; (nosotros/as) caímos; (vosotros/as) caísteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) cayeron
LLOVER (to rain) (irregular in present / regular in past)
- Present Tense: (yo) lluevo; (tú) llueves; (él/ella/usted/lo) llueve; (nosotros/as) llovemos; (vosotros/as) llovéis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) llueven
- Past Tense: (yo) lloví; (tú) lloviste; (él/ella/usted/lo) llovió; (nosotros/as) llovimos; (vosotros/as) llovisteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) llovieron
COGER (to catch) (irregular in present / regular in past)
- Present Tense: (yo) cojo; (tú) coges; (él/ella/usted/lo) coge; (nosotros/as) cogemos; (vosotros/as) cogéis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) cogen
- Past Tense: (yo) cogí; (tú) cogiste; (él/ella/usted/lo) cogió; (nosotros/as) cogimos; (vosotros/as) cogisteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) cogieron
As you can see, there are a number of irregular verb conjugations going on here. Again, there is no set rule so learning these tense forms will be all memorization. Just take your time with each verb. Practice looking at the verb endings, saying the verbs and even writing the verbs down. When you feel comfortable with one verb, move on to the next. When you have familiarized yourself with each verb given here, move on to the quiz questions. Try to challenge yourself by not looking back at the introduction. If you take your time, you will be able to master each of these verbs!
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How would you conjugate the verb llover in the past tense using the pronoun we? |
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lluevimos |
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llovimos |
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llovemos |
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lluevemos |
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What is the singular formal past tense of beber? |
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bebió |
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bebe |
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bebiste |
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bebisteis |
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How would you conjugate the verb tener in the past tense using the pronoun I? |
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tengí |
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tené |
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tení |
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tuve |
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What does the Spanish word cogisteis mean in English? |
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you froze (plural familiar) |
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you caught (singular familiar) |
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you caught (plural familiar) |
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you froze (singular familiar) |
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What does the Spanish word dolieron mean in English? |
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we ached |
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they ached |
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he ached |
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you ached (singular familiar) |
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How would you conjugate the verb caer in the past tense using the singular familiar pronoun you? |
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caiste |
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caeste |
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cayiste |
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caíste |
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What is the plural formal past tense of hacer? |
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hacieron |
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hacaron |
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hicieron |
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haciaron |
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How would you conjugate the verb ver in the past tense using the pronoun she? |
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vio |
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vió |
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veí |
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veé |
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What does the Spanish word ardí mean in English? |
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you burned (singular familiar) |
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she burned |
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I burned |
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they burned |
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What does the Spanish word creímos mean in English? |
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we fell |
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we believed |
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we cried |
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we could |
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How would you conjugate the verb llover in the past tense using the pronoun we? |
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lluevimos |
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llovimos |
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llovemos |
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lluevemos |
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What is the singular formal past tense of beber? |
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bebió |
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bebe |
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bebiste |
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bebisteis |
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How would you conjugate the verb tener in the past tense using the pronoun I? |
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tengí |
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tené |
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tení |
[x] |
tuve |
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What does the Spanish word cogisteis mean in English? |
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you froze (plural familiar) |
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you caught (singular familiar) |
[x] |
you caught (plural familiar) |
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you froze (singular familiar) |
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What does the Spanish word dolieron mean in English? |
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we ached |
[x] |
they ached |
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he ached |
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you ached (singular familiar) |
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How would you conjugate the verb caer in the past tense using the singular familiar pronoun you? |
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caiste |
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caeste |
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cayiste |
[x] |
caíste |
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What is the plural formal past tense of hacer? |
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hacieron |
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hacaron |
[x] |
hicieron |
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haciaron |
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How would you conjugate the verb ver in the past tense using the pronoun she? |
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vio |
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vió |
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veí |
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veé |
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What does the Spanish word ardí mean in English? |
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you burned (singular familiar) |
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she burned |
[x] |
I burned |
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they burned |
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What does the Spanish word creímos mean in English? |
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we fell |
[x] |
we believed |
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we cried |
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we could |
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