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These verbs are in the past tense. There are two forms of the past tense in Spanish.
    We call this the the preterite (el pretérito).
 
1.The preterite is used for actions that can be viewed as single events.
Example:  Los arquitectos presentaron el proyecto en 1899.

2. The preterite is used for actions that were repeated a specific number of times, or occurred a specific number of times.
Example: Históricamente ha recibido muchos otros nombres como Avenida de Rusia o Avenida del quince y medio.

3. The preterite is used for actions that were part of a chain of events.
Example: Los primeros bocetos datan de 1862, el diseño final llegó en 1899, y el proyecto terminó en en 1929.

4. The preterite is used to state the beginning or end of an action.
Example: Las obras comenzaron finalmente en 1910 y terminaron en 1929.



These are the endings we have seen so far:
-ó
-ió
-aron

Yo:	Nosotros:
Tú:	Vosotros:
Usted, él, ella: -ó	Ustedes, ellos, ellas:-aron

Yo:	Nosotros:
Tú:	Vosotros:
Usted, él, ella: -ió	Ustedes, ellos, ellas:

Can you take a guess at what the rest of the endings might be?
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