¿Qué hiciste el verano pasado?

 ¿Qué hiciste el verano pasado?:__________________________________

 ¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana
pasado?:______________________________________________________

 This question is very important to be able to answer because it comes up in 3

sections on the Junior Cert paper; the oral, the letter and the sentence
translations.
 We need to be able to put verbs into the past tense to answer this
To change a regular AR verb in to the past tense we knock off the AR and add ____
A:
1. VISITAR = to visit  _______________ = I visited
2. NADAR = to swim  _______________ = I swam
3. CENAR = to eat dinner  ______________ = I ate dinner
4. TOMAR EL SOL = to sunbathe  ________________________ = I
sunbathed
5. BAILAR = to dance  ________________ = I danced
6. QUEDARSE = to stay  _______________ = I stayed
7. HABLAR = to speak/ talk  _________________ = I spoke/ talked
8. EMPEZAR = to start  ___________________ = I started
9. COMPRAR = to buy  __________________ = I bought

B: Traduce las frases en tus cuadernos escribiendo la frase y la

translación
a. I visited my grandparents in the countryside last summer
b. I stayed in an apartment in Spain last year
c. I danced in the discos last weekend
d. I visited the museum last weekend
e. Yesterday I bought new jeans
f. I ate dinner in the restaurants last summer
g. I swam in the sea at the beach last summer
h. I talked to my friends on Snapchat
i. The movie started 15 minutes ago
To change a regular ER or IR verb in to the past tense we knock off the AR and add
_______
A:
1. COMER = to eat  _____________ = I ate
2. VIVIR = to live  ______________ = I lived
3. SALIR = to go out  _____________ = I went out
4. APRENDER = to learn ________________ = I learnt
5. DORMIR = to sleep _________________ = I slept
6. LEER = to read __________________ = I read

B: Traduce las frases en tus cuadernos escribiendo la frase y la

translación
a. I went out with my friends last weekend
b. I slept late yesterday morning
c. I ate an ice cream at the beach
d. I lived in Spain last winter
e. I learned a lot in school last year
f. I read two Spanish books last summer

C. In your copy answer each of the following questions. Your answers for each
question must be at least 5 sentences using as many verbs in the past tense
from above as you can
1. ¿Qué hiciste el verano pasado?

2. ¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana pasado?

 Past exam paper questions in the past tense: La Carta 2018 – 2010
I had a good time: ________________________________________________
I swam in the sea: ________________________________________________
I sunbathed: ____________________________________________________
I received presents: ______________________________________________
I ate dinner in a restaurant: _______________________________________
I visited the museum: ____________________________________________
I went on holidays: ______________________________________________
I went shopping: _________________________________________________

 Tell him two things you did for your birthday last weekend
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 Say that last July you went to Valencia for a month and mention two
things you enjoyed (me gustó)
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 Say you had a great time in San Sebastian last Easter (Pascua) and
mention two things you did there
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 Mention two activites you did together when you were in Badajoz
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 Mention that you went to a concert last weekend and give two details
about it
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 Tell her that you went on a Spanish school tour and mention two things
you did there
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 Tell her two things you did so far on holidays

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 Describe something interesting that happened when you were in Spain

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 Tell him two things about the party you had last Friday to celebrate your
birthday
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