Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish (46 page)

¿ Trabajaron mucho?
Did they work a lot? did you
(pl.)
work a lot?

Following is a list of infinitives converted into the plural past tense.

1. Cover up the two right-hand columns.
   
2. Remove “ar” from the infinitive in the left-hand column.
   
3. Add “amos” for “we” as in the second column below.
   
4. Add “aron” for “they” as in the third column below.
   
5. Check your columns with those below.
   

INFINITIVES	WE	THEY, YOU ( PL. )
tomar, to take	tomamos	tomaron
visitar, to visit	visitamos	visitaron
invitar, to invite	invitamos	invitaron
comprar, to buy	compramos	compraron
trabajar, to work	trabajamos	trabajaron
hablar, to talk	hablamos	hablaron
preparar, to prepare	preparamos	prepararon
cultivar, to cultivate	cultivamos	cultivaron
votar, to vote	votamos	votaron
inventar, to invent	inventamos	inventaron
importar, to import	importamos	importaron
exportar, to export	exportamos	exportaron
copiar, to copy	copiamos	copiaron