preterite - regular -er verbs  



Gramática
The verb comer (to eat) is
regular in the preterite tense.

The preterite tense endings are:
í, iste, ió, imos, isteis, ieron

Preterite tense forms of comer (to eat)

yo comí (I ate) nosotros comimos (we ate)
tú comiste (you ate) vosotros comisteis (you guys ate)
Ud./él/ella comió (you ate, he/she ate) Uds./ellos/ ellas comieron (you all/they ate)

Other regular -er verbs
Many other -er verbs follow the same pattern.
Some common -er verbs are listed below:

beber - to drink
correr - to run
aprender - to learn
comprender - to understand

Sentences with comer
Hoy comí carne molida con salsa. - Today I ate ground meat with sauce.
Yo comí con María anoche. - I ate with Mary last night.
¿ Dónde comiste anoche? - Where did you eat last night?
¿Comiste con María anoche? - Did you eat with Mary last night?
Tú comiste frutas tropicales y legumbres. - You ate tropical fruits and legumes.
El comió antes de salir. - He ate before leaving.
El pajarito se comió todas las semillas. - The little bird ate all the seeds.
Sí, mamá. Nos la comimos toda. - Yes, mom. We ate all the food.
El día que comimos Brownies. - The day we ate brownies.
¡Y comimos perdices! - And we ate partridges!
Al final comimos pescado. - At the end we ate fish.
Ayer comimos en la cafetería de la universidad. - Yesterday we ate at the university's cafeteria.
Vosotros comisteis con María anoche. - You all(fam) ate with Mary last night.
Niños, ¿se comieron toda las verduras? - Children, did you eat all the vegetables?
¡Las hormigas se comieron las flores! - The ants ate the flowers!
Todos los empresarios y artistas comieron al mismo tiempo. - All businessmen and artists ate at the same time.

More Sentences
Bebimos toda la noche en la plaza. - We drank all night in the plaza.
Bebí todo el agua en mi departamento después de volver del gimnasio. - I drank all the water in my apartment after coming back from the gym.
Corrimos juntos para entrenarnos para la carrera. - We ran together to train ourselves for the race.
Corrieron a la cima. - They ran to the top of the mountain.
Aprendiste tan rápido que no puedo creerlo. - You learned so fast, I can't believe it.
¿Cuándo aprendió a manejar? - When did you learn to drive?
Comprendimos la lección hasta este punto.- We understood the lesson up until this point.
¿Comprendisteis lo que os dije? - Did you all(fam) understand what I just told you?

Notes for the Tutor

  • The student should repeat these simple sentences to practice vocabulary and improve pronunciation.
  • The tutor should ask the student questions that use the -ER verbs.
  • The student with the help of the tutor should make sentences that use the -ER verbs in the preterite.
  • Suggested Homework:The student should make a conversation using COMER and other similar -ER verbs in the preterite.

Use these free Spanish conjugation charts and guides.



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