Regular Preterit Verbs To practice remembering the meanings and forms of common regular Spanish verbs in the preterit past tense. Tools A B compré I bought cenaste You ate dinner Él llevó He brought preparamos We prepared cocinasteis You all (in Spain) cooked Ellos tomaron They had comí I ate escribiste You wrote Ella salió She went out leimos We did read decidisteis You all (in Spain decided) Me gustó I liked No les gustó They didn't like Uds. estudiaron You all studied cortaste You did cut Ud. ayudó You helped nadé I swam Ellos no entendieron They didn't understand Él bailó He danced llegasteis You all (in Spain) arrived llamé I called comiste You ate escribieron They wrote leí I did read estudiaste You studied saliste You left Ud.tomó You had compraron They did buy llevamos We brought preparé I prepared Ellos cocinaron They cooked preferí I prefered preferiste You prefered Uds. hablaron You all talked hablaste You spoke Trabajé I worked