Preterite Song
Here is the version I learned many, many years ago at a conference and
have used it since. I teach it before we even start the preterite, and
do not even mention a thing about it being the preterite and then when
the time comes…..voila! It really sticks. For lots of my former
students who go off to college, this is the most requested thing!
Sung to the tune of La Cucaracha
Tener es tuve, estar estuve
Ir es fui y tambien ser
Poner es puse, poder es pude
Traje es para traer
Hacer hice haber hube
Querer quise saber supe
Venir vine decir dije
Dar di ver vi
no acentos!
–
Kathleen Sweeney Bulger
kbulger@michweb.net
~If you’re lucky enough to be Irish,
you’re lucky enough!
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