Ser and Ir in the Past exercises
Practise with the song. Listen to Sol and type the missing words, then choose the right form. The answers and explanations are at the bottom.
Step 1
Hear it, then type it
This exercise uses the song itself, so it opens when the song is out on Fri 2 Oct, 16:00 UK.
Step 2
Choose the right form
Fui or fue, di or dio? The meaning tells you, and none of them takes an accent.
1.Anoche a un concierto con Ana.
Last night I went to a concert with Ana.
2.Y increíble, una noche genial.
And it was amazing, a really great night.
3.Le mi número a Carlos en el bar.
I gave my number to Carlos at the bar.
4.Pero él nunca lo , ¡qué pena me dio!
But he never even saw it, what a shame!
5.Pero él nunca lo vio, ¡qué pena me !
But he never even saw it, what a shame!
6.Leer, yo leí, él , oír, yo oí, él oyó.
I read, he read, I heard, and he heard.
7.Creer, yo , él creyó.
I believed, and he believed it too.
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Answers
Choose the right form
- Anoche fui a un concierto con Ana.“I went” is yo: ir → fui. “A un concierto” shows it means went, not was.
- Y fue increíble, una noche genial.“It was” (the concert): ser in the él form, fue.
- Le di mi número a Carlos en el bar.“I gave” is yo: dar → di, with no accent.
- Pero él nunca lo vio, ¡qué pena me dio!Él (he) saw it: ver → vio.
- Pero él nunca lo vio, ¡qué pena me dio!Dio is one syllable, so the RAE writes it with no accent, like di, vi and vio.
- Leer, yo leí, él leyó, oír, yo oí, él oyó.With él, the i between two vowels becomes a y: leyó, like oyó and creyó.
- Creer, yo creí, él creyó.Only él changes the i to a y. Yo keeps it, with an accent: creí.
Every verb from this song is in its group, with its infinitive, yo and él forms, in the verb tables on the song's page.
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