Preterite Practice (DELE-Ready)
The preterite is the “completed actions” past tense — the one you need to narrate what happened without stopping to calculate endings.
If you know the rules but still freeze mid-sentence, you don’t need more explanations. You need fast, repeated retrieval with immediate correction.
This drill is built for DELE B1/B2 candidates who want reliable storytelling in speaking and fewer verb errors in writing.
DELE outcomes
- Reduce pauses when telling a completed story (ayer, anoche, el año pasado).
- Stop “almost right” endings from leaking points in writing.
- Build automaticity in short sessions you can repeat daily.
Common mistakes to fix
- Mixing imperfect narration into a completed sequence (“Ayer estaba…”).
- Missing the accent in -é / -ó.
- Irregular stems (tuve, estuve, hice, dije) under time pressure.
- Ending swaps: -iste vs -ió, -aron vs -ieron.
Also searched as: “pretérito indefinido practice”, “pretérito perfecto simple ejercicios”
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