This Spanish Medium Review quiz will introduce you to conjugating AR verbs in the past tense. The past tense in Spanish is stated as the pretérito tense. If you have not already done so, please check out the Spanish Medium Review titled Grammar: Learning to Conjugate in the Past Tense as that quiz will provide you with a little more detailed information regarding conjugating verbs in the past tense.
In the quiz Grammar: Learning to Conjugate in the Past Tense you learned the past tense endings for AR, ER and IR verbs. You also only worked on regular verbs. As you know, however, Spanish has both regular verbs and irregular verbs. What you may not know is that some verbs can be regular in the present tense and then irregular in the past tense. Now isn’t that going to be mighty confusing?
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Because verbs can change from regular to irregular verbs depending upon the tense they are being conjugated in, many of the introductions in the Spanish Medium Review quizzes will provide you with the verb’s complete conjugated forms. This will only be provided once, however, so you will really need to pay close attention to them and practice, not only using the verb, but seeing it and spelling it. The more you learn how to use your verbs, the easier their correct spellings with the correct verb tenses will become. Now let’s look at the following AR verbs, both in their present tense form and in their past tense form.
AMAR (to love)
- Present Tense: (yo) amo; (tú) amas; (él/ella/usted/lo) ama; (nosotros/as) amamos; (vosotros/as) amáis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) aman
- Past Tense: (yo) amé; (tú) amaste; (él/ella/usted/lo) amó; (nosotros/as) amamos; (vosotros/as) amasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) amaron
BESAR (to kiss)
- Present Tense: (yo) beso; (tú) besas; (él/ella/usted/lo) besa; (nosotros/as) besamos; (vosotros/as) besáis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) besan
- Past Tense: (yo) besé; (tú) besaste; (él/ella/usted/lo) besó; (nosotros/as) besamos; (vosotros/as) besasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) besaron
GUSTAR (to like)
- Present Tense: (yo) gusto; (tú) gustas; (él/ella/usted/lo) gusta; (nosotros/as) gustamos; (vosotros/as) gustáis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) gustan
- Past Tense: (yo) gusté; (tú) gustaste; (él/ella/usted/lo) gustó; (nosotros/as) gustamos; (vosotros/as) gustasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) gustaron
SENTAR (to sit) (irregular in present / regular in past)
- Present Tense: (yo) siento; (tú) sientas; (él/ella/usted/lo) sienta; (nosotros/as) sentamos; (vosotros/as) sentáis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) sientan
- Past Tense: (yo) senté; (tú) sentaste; (él/ella/usted/lo) sentó; (nosotros/as) sentamos; (vosotros/as) sentasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) sentaron
CONGELAR (to freeze)
- Present Tense: (yo) congelo; (tú) congelas; (él/ella/usted/lo) congela; (nosotros/as) congelamos; (vosotros/as) congeláis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) congelan
- Past Tense: (yo) congelé; (tú) congelaste; (él/ella/usted/lo) congeló; (nosotros/as) congelamos; (vosotros/as) congelasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) congelaron
ENCONTRAR (to find) (irregular in present / regular in past)
- Present Tense: (yo) encuentro; (tú) encuentras; (él/ella/usted/lo) encuentra; (nosotros/as) encontramos; (vosotros/as) encontráis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) encuentran
- Past Tense: (yo) encontré; (tú) encontraste; (él/ella/usted/lo) encontró; (nosotros/as) encontramos; (vosotros/as) encontrasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) encontraron
VOLAR (to fly) (irregular in present / regular in past)
- Present Tense: (yo) vuelo; (tú) vuelas; (él/ella/usted/lo) vuela; (nosotros/as) volamos; (vosotros/as) voláis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) vuelan
- Past Tense: (yo) volé; (tú) volaste; (él/ella/usted/lo) voló; (nosotros/as) volamos; (vosotros/as) volasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) volaron
CAMINAR (to walk)
- Present Tense: (yo) camino; (tú) caminas; (él/ella/usted/lo) camina; (nosotros/as) caminamos; (vosotros/as) camináis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) caminan
- Past Tense: (yo) caminé; (tú) caminaste; (él/ella/usted/lo) caminó; (nosotros/as) caminamos; (vosotros/as) caminasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) caminaron
LLAMAR (to call)
- Present Tense: (yo) llamo; (tú) llamas; (él/ella/usted/lo) llama; (nosotros/as) llamamos; (vosotros/as) llamáis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) llaman
- Past Tense: (yo) llamé; (tú) llamaste; (él/ella/usted/lo) llamó; (nosotros/as) llamamos; (vosotros/as) llamasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) llamaron
DEJAR (to leave)
- Present Tense: (yo) dejo; (tú) dejas; (él/ella/usted/lo) deja; (nosotros/as) dejamos; (vosotros/as) dejáis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) dejan
- Past Tense: (yo) dejé; (tú) dejaste; (él/ella/usted/lo) dejó; (nosotros/as) dejamos; (vosotros/as) dejasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) dejaron
PENSAR (to think) (irregular in present / regular in past)
- Present Tense: (yo) pienso; (tú) piensas; (él/ella/usted/lo) piensa; (nosotros/as) pensamos; (vosotros/as) pensáis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) piensan
- Past Tense: (yo) pensé; (tú) pensaste; (él/ella/usted/lo) pensó; (nosotros/as) pensamos; (vosotros/as) pensasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) pensaron
LANZAR (to throw) (regular in present / irregular in past)
- Present Tense: (yo) lanzo; (tú) lanzas; (él/ella/usted/lo) lanza; (nosotros/as) lanzamos; (vosotros/as) lanzáis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) lanzan
- Past Tense: (yo) lancé; (tú) lanzaste; (él/ella/usted/lo) lanzó; (nosotros/as) lanzamos; (vosotros/as) lanzasteis; (ellos/ellas/ustedes/los) lanzaron
Did you notice that lanzar is irregular in the past tense but only with the pronoun of 'I'. Instead of lanzé the 'z' is changed to a 'c'. This connects back to the rule about when a noun ends with the letter 'z' it is changed to a 'c' when adding 'es'. You are not adding 'es' but rather an 'é' so the same rule applies with verbs when an 'e' ending is added to the base when it ends with the letter 'z'.
THE ACCENT MARK WITH VERBS
Now that you are learning the past tense you can once again see the importance of the accent mark. To say 'hablo' means 'I speak' but to say 'habló' with the accent mark above the 'o' it then means 'he/she/you/it spoke'. That little, teeny mark makes a huge difference!
The Quiz!
You have now reached the quiz section. This quiz will only focus on the AR verbs listed in the introduction. Read each quiz question and then see if you can quickly locate the correct answer. Be sure to study the conjugated forms of these AR verbs carefully, including when they are regular or irregular. When you feel comfortable, begin the quiz!
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What is the plural familiar past tense of sentar? |
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sentaron |
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sentasteis |
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sentaste |
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sentió |
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What does the Spanish word volaron mean in English? |
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you fell |
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they fled |
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we fly |
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they flew |
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What does the Spanish word pensé mean in English? |
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you walk |
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he thought |
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you throw |
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I thought |
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How would you conjugate the verb dejar in the past tense using the pronoun we? |
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dejamos |
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dejasteis |
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dejastéis |
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dejemos |
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How would you conjugate the verb encontrar in the past tense using the pronoun I? |
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encontro |
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encontré |
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encontró |
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encuentro |
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What is the singular familiar past tense of gustar? |
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gustiaste |
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gustaste |
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gustó |
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gustas |
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What does the Spanish word lanzamos mean in English? |
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we threw |
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we landed |
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we laughed |
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we lamented |
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What does the Spanish word llamasteis mean in English? |
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you called (singular familiar) |
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you called (singular formal) |
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you called (plural familiar) |
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you called (plural formal) |
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How would you conjugate the verb amar in the past tense using the pronoun they? |
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amiaron |
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amieron |
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amaron |
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amairon |
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How would you conjugate the verb congelar in the past tense using the direct object pronoun it? |
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congelí |
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congelé |
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congela |
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congeló |
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What is the plural familiar past tense of sentar? |
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sentaron |
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sentasteis |
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sentaste |
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sentió |
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2.
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What does the Spanish word volaron mean in English? |
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you fell |
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they fled |
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we fly |
[x] |
they flew |
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What does the Spanish word pensé mean in English? |
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you walk |
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he thought |
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you throw |
[x] |
I thought |
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How would you conjugate the verb dejar in the past tense using the pronoun we? |
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dejamos |
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dejasteis |
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dejastéis |
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dejemos |
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How would you conjugate the verb encontrar in the past tense using the pronoun I? |
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encontro |
[x] |
encontré |
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encontró |
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encuentro |
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What is the singular familiar past tense of gustar? |
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gustiaste |
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gustaste |
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gustó |
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gustas |
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What does the Spanish word lanzamos mean in English? |
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we threw |
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we landed |
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we laughed |
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we lamented |
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What does the Spanish word llamasteis mean in English? |
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you called (singular familiar) |
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you called (singular formal) |
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you called (plural familiar) |
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you called (plural formal) |
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How would you conjugate the verb amar in the past tense using the pronoun they? |
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amiaron |
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amieron |
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amaron |
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amairon |
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How would you conjugate the verb congelar in the past tense using the direct object pronoun it? |
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congelí |
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congelé |
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congela |
[x] |
congeló |
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