The preterite tense can be used in the following situations.
It is used to express a definite action in the past that is considered finished.
Yo terminé la clase de español.
I finished the Spanish class.
Ellos finalizaron de construir el edificio.
They finished constructing the building.
It is formed: 'hacer + expression of time + que + past tense verb.
Hace un año que se perdió nuestro perro.
It was a year ago that we lost our dog.
Hace una semana que regresó a su país.
It was last week that he returned to his country.
The preterite is commonly used with the following expressions of time.
Ayer
Yesterday
La semana pasada
Last week
Hace un año
A year ago
© 2017 SpanishStudents.ca All rights reserved