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'Leer' is the Spanish verb 'to read' But can you conjugate it in the past tense?

Grammar - Conjugating ER Verbs in the Past Tense

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.

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!

1 .

How would you conjugate the verb llover in the past tense using the pronoun we?

lluevimos

llovimos

llovemos

lluevemos

The past tense of the verb llover (to rain) when conjugated with the pronoun we would be llovimos.

2 .

What is the singular formal past tense of beber?

bebió

bebe

bebiste

bebisteis

The singular formal past tense of beber (to drink) would mean you drank. In Spanish that would be bebió.

3 .

How would you conjugate the verb tener in the past tense using the pronoun I?

tengí

tené

tení

tuve

The past tense of the verb tener (to have) when conjugated with the pronoun I would be tuve (I had).

4 .

What does the Spanish word cogisteis mean in English?

you froze (plural familiar)

you caught (singular familiar)

you caught (plural familiar)

you froze (singular familiar)

The Spanish word cogisteis comes from the verb coger. It means to catch. Cogisteis is the past tense of the verb and means you caught (plural familiar).

5 .

What does the Spanish word dolieron mean in English?

we ached

they ached

he ached

you ached (singular familiar)

The Spanish word dolieron comes from the verb doler. It means to ach. Dolieron is the past tense of the verb and means they ached.

6 .

How would you conjugate the verb caer in the past tense using the singular familiar pronoun you?

caiste

caeste

cayiste

caíste

The past tense of the verb caer (to fall) when conjugated with the singular familiar pronoun you would be caíste (you fell).

7 .

What is the plural formal past tense of hacer?

hacieron

hacaron

hicieron

haciaron

The plural formal past tense of hacer (to make/to do) would mean you made/you did. In Spanish that would be hicieron.

8 .

How would you conjugate the verb ver in the past tense using the pronoun she?

vio

vió

veí

veé

The past tense of the verb ver (to see) when conjugated with the pronoun she would be vio (she saw). (Being irregular in the past tense the 'o' does not have an accent mark.)

9 .

What does the Spanish word ardí mean in English?

you burned (singular familiar)

she burned

I burned

they burned

The Spanish word ardí comes from the verb arder. It means to burn. Ardí is the past tense of the verb and means I burned.

10 .

What does the Spanish word creímos mean in English?

we fell

we believed

we cried

we could

The Spanish word creímos comes from the verb creer. It means to believe. Creímos is the past tense of the verb and means we believed. (Being irregular in the past tense the 'i' receives an accent mark.)

Author: Christine G. Broome

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