Write five complete sentences in Spanish using the Preterite make sure you use a different trigger word in each sentence. Make sure you use at least one -AR, -ER and -IR verb. Watch out for those -CAR, -GAR AND -ZAR VERBS.

El sábado pasado, mis compañeros de apartamento y yo (hacer) la limpieza semanal. jorge (barrer) el suelo de la cocina. yo (pasar) la aspiradora por el salón. martín y felipe (quitar) los sillones para limpiarlos y después los (volver) a poner en su lugar. yo (lavar) toda la ropa sucia y la (poner) en el armario. nosotros (terminar) con todo en menos de una hora. luego, martín (abrir) el refrigerador. él (ver) que no había nada de comer. felipe (decir) que iría al supermercado. todos nosotros (decidir) acompañarlo. yo (apagar) las luces y nosotros (ir) al supermercado.

Now that you have worked through a lot of material that includes these basic patterns, and you have compared grammatically correct and incorrect sentences, write down what you think is a rule that could explain what makes a sentence grammatically correct or not. for example, you might write something like: "verbs always match nouns in number, and they usually come before the noun." in other words, make your best guess for the grammar rule that makes sense out of the pattern(s) you see in the phrases you have been working with. review if you need to, and you might briefly check your hunches against the sentences you have been working with in this or previous modules. keep in mind that what you're after is your hunch, not a grammar rule from a text book. now check your hunch with the explanation of this principle in the following pattern.

How do you say "today was a good day" in spanish?