Lesson 10: Talking About Past Experiences and Simple Opinions (Pretérito Indefinido – Introduction)
We talk about recent experiences using the Pretérito Indefinido: travel, shopping, work, hobbies, directions, and quick opinions.
About this lesson
In the final lesson of the A2 level, we introduce the Pretérito Indefinido to describe past actions and share simple opinions. We bring together the themes of shopping, travel, work, and free time, along with asking for directions in the context of events that have already taken place. The exercises reinforce key vocabulary, time markers, and commonly used irregular verb forms.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Use the core forms of the Pretérito Indefinido for -ar/-er/-ir verbs (yo/él/ella/nosotros).
- Give a short account of travel, shopping, work, and hobbies that happened in the recent past.
- Use time markers such as ayer, la semana pasada, anoche, primero/luego.
- Express simple opinions in the past tense (me gustó / no me gustó).
- Understand and ask basic questions about directions in a past context (pregunté el camino, encontré…).