1. Right answer: habló
Lolita habló con Pablo en la fiesta anoche (Lolita talked to Pablo at the party last night)
Table below shows the Regular Preterite Verb Endings. The verb hablar is an ar regular verb and the conjugation of this verb for the third-person singular is habló. See in the Table that the correct ending is ó
If you want to conjugate an ar, er or ir regular verb, take away the infinitive ending ar, er or ir and add the ending that matches the subject
2. Right answer: bailaron
Pepita y Ramón bailaron en la fiesta (Pepita and Ramón danced at the party)
The verb bailar is an ar regular verb and the conjugation of this verb for the third-person plural is bailaron. See in the Table that the correct ending is aron
3. Right answer: llevaste
Tú llevaste una falda roja (You wore a red skirt)
The verb llevar is an ar regular verb and the conjugation of this verb for the second-person singular (tú) is llevaste. See in the Table that the correct ending is aste
4. Right answer: tocó
Ella tocó la guitarra anoche (She played the guitar last night)
The verb tocar is an ar irregular verb and the conjugation of this verb depends on the subject of the sentence. In this sentence, the correct conjugation for the third-person singular is tocó
5. Right answer: visité
Yo visité a mi abuela la semana pasada (I visited my grandmother last week)
The verb visitar is an ar regular verb and the conjugation of this verb for the first-person singular (yo - I) is visité. See in the Table that the correct ending is é
6. Right answer: escucharon
Los señores escucharon a la banda ayer (The gentlemen listened to the band yesterday)
Los señores can be replaced by ellos (third-person plural). The verb escuchar is an ar regular verb and the conjugation of this verb for the third-person plural (ellos) is escucharon. See in the Table that the correct ending is aron
7. Right answer: cantaste
Tú cantaste con Susana en la fiesta anoche (You sang with Susana at the party last night)
The verb cantar is an ar regular verb and the conjugation of this verb for the second-person singular (tú) is cantaste. See in the Table that the correct ending is aste
8. Right answer: empezamos
Nosotros no empezamos a las nueve (We did not start at nine)
The verb empezar is an ar irregular verb and the conjugation of this verb depends on the subject of the sentence. In this sentence, the correct conjugation for the first-person plural (nosotros) is empezamos
9. Right answer: empezaron
Ellos empezaron a trabajar (They started working)
As in the previous example, the verb here is empezar. As this is an irregular verb, the correct conjugation for the third-person plural (ellos) is empezaron
10. Right answer: empecé
Yo empecé a leer el libro ayer (I started reading the book yesterday)
As in the previous example, the verb here is empezar. As this is an irregular verb, the correct conjugation for the first-person singular (yo) is empecé
11. Right answer: Yo saqué (I got)
saqué is the conjugation of the verb sacar (irregular verb) for the first-person singular in the preterite tense
12. Right answer: sacaste
Tú sacaste una buena nota (You got a good grade.)
In this case, the correct conjugation of the verb sacar for the second-person singular is sacaste.
13. Right answer: pagué
Yo pagué en la recepción (I paid at the reception)
The verb pagar is an ar irregular verb. In this sentence, the correct conjugation of this verb for the first-person singular (yo) is pagué.
14. Right answer: pagamos
Nosotros pagamos (We paid)
The conjugation of the verb pagar for the first-person plural in the present and the preterite tenses is the same, that is, pagamos
15. Right answer: cantaron
Los amigos cantaron (The friends sang)
The correct conjugation of the verb cantar for the third-person plural is cantaron
16. Right answer: lavó
Ella lavó (She washed)
The conjugation of the verb lavar for the third-person singular in the preterite tense lavó
17. Right answer: lavaron
Ustedes lavaron (You washed)
The conjugation of the verb lavar for the second-person plural (ustedes) in the preterite tense lavaron
18. Right answer: mandé
Yo mandé
mandar is an ar regular verb. The conjugation of this verb for the first-person plural is mandé. The meaning of this sentence, in English, depends on the context of it.
19. Right answer: bailó
Mi familia bailó (My family danced)
The conjugation of the verb bailar for the third-person singular in the preterite tense bailó
20. Right answer: hablé
Yo hablé (I spoke)
The conjugation of the verb hablar for the first-person singular in the preterite tense hablé
