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Uses of the Preterit

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Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the preterit of the verb, or verbs, in parenthesis. Note that all sentences below have been picked from the news stories presented in this website thus far.

Please note that in item 24, the verb huir, to flee, is irregular in the preterit and undergoes the same changes that the verb leer, to read, and for the same reasons. Its conjugation is: huí, huíste, huyó, huímos, huyeron.

Also note that in order to conjugate the pronominal verbs ending in se, you need to split them in two parts: first the part corresponding to the pronoun –me, te, se, nos, os, se– and then the conjugation of the infinitive as you would conjugate any other verb in the preterit. For example: Yo me independicé a los dieciocho años. (independizarse)
  1. En los disturbios de 1999 y 2003 miles de manifestantes, la mayoría de los cuales eran estudiantes. (participar)
  2. Latvia, país de la antigua república soviética que de la Unión Soviética en 1991, está pasando por una crisis económica muy seria. (independizarse)
  3. Un espectacular gol de cabeza de Lionel Messi, futbolista estrella de 21 años de la selección nacional de Argentina, la victoria al Barcelona por un 2 a 0 en la final de la Liga de Campeones el miércoles contra el Manchester United. (dar)
  4. El martes 16 de junio, más de un centenar de inmigrantes rumanos de sus casas en el sur de Belfast, en Irlanda del Norte. (huir)

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