Preterite Tense - Regular -er Verbs  


Regular -er Verbs

To conjugate a regular -er verb in the preterite tense, replace the infinitive ending with the correct ending for each pronoun. The box on the right shows the correct endings for regular -er verbs.

Preterite forms of the verb correr (to run):

correr (conjugation)

yo corrí (I ran)
corriste (you ran)
Ud./él/ella corrió (you/he/she ran)
nosotros (as) corrimos (we ran)
vosotros (as) corristeis (you guys ran)
Uds./ellos/ ellas corrieron (you all/they ran)

Some sentences with correr are shown below:

Yo corrí.
I ran.
Nosotros corrimos.
We ran.
Nosotros corrimos hacia su casa.
We ran toward his house.

Yo corrí hasta el medio día.
I ran until noon.
Yo corrí a los gatos.
I ran after the cats.
Tú corriste en mi cabeza toda la noche.
You ran through my head all night.
Él corrió en la maratón.
He ran in the marathon.
Nosotros corrimos hasta el parque.
We ran to the park.
Todos corrimos directo a la pelota.
We all ran directly to the ball.
Ellos corrieron para abordar el avión
They ran to board the plane.
Ellos corrieron la maratón de Boston.
They ran the Boston marathon.

Related Topics
the preterite tense
Endings for -er verbs
yo í
iste
Ud./ él/ ella
nosotros imos
vosotros isteis
Uds./ ellos/ ellas ieron

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