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Do you know how to conjugate verbs in the past tense in Portuguese? Let’s practice with a verb conjugation drill!
I prepared a PDF with extra exercises for you to practice conjugating verbs in the past tense.
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Today, we are going to do a conjugation drill. The goal of this exercise is to practice, recall, and memorize the conjugation of verbs in Portuguese. Our focus today will be the conjugation of verbs in the simple past tense.
The activity works as follows: I will conjugate a verb in the present tense, and you must conjugate the same verb in the past tense, always using the first person “I”.
For example:
Eu trabalho (I work) – Eu trabalhei (I worked).
In total, we will study thirty verbs, fifteen regular and fifteen irregular.
Watch the video to do the verb conjugation drill with me!
If you prefer to do the exercise here, keep reading! You will find the answers at the bottom of the page. Are you ready? Let’s go!
15 REGULAR VERBS:
AMAR – Eu amo – Eu _____ (I love – I loved)
ESTUDAR – Eu estudo – Eu _____ (I study – I studied)
COMER – Eu como – Eu _____ (I eat – I ate)
ASSISTIR – Eu assisto – Eu _____ (I watch – I watched)
CAMINHAR – Eu caminho – Eu _____ (I walk – I walked)
ESCREVER – Eu escrevo – Eu _____ (I write – I wrote)
ABRIR – Eu abro – Eu _____ (I open – I opened)
ACORDAR – Eu acordo – Eu _____ (I wake up – I woke up)
PENSAR – Eu penso – Eu _____ (I think – I thought)
ENTENDER – Eu entendo – Eu _____ (I understand – I understood)
BEBER – Eu bebo – Eu _____ (I drink – I drank)
DIRIGIR – Eu dirijo – Eu _____ (I drive – I drove)
ALMOÇAR – Eu almoço – Eu _____ (I have lunch – I had lunch)
FALAR – Eu falo – Eu _____ (I speak – I spoke)
APRENDER – Eu aprendo – Eu _____ (I learn – I learned)
15 IRREGULAR VERBS:
DAR – Eu dou – Eu _____ (I give – I gave)
DIZER – Eu digo – Eu _____ (I say – I said)
SER – Eu sou – Eu _____ (I am – I was)
ESTAR – Eu estou – Eu _____ (I am – I was)
FAZER – Eu faço – Eu _____ (I do/make – I did/made)
VER – Eu vejo – Eu _____ (I see – I saw)
VIR – Eu venho – Eu _____ (I come – I came)
IR – Eu vou – Eu _____ (I go – I went)
TER – Eu tenho – Eu _____ (I have – I had)
TRAZER – Eu trago – Eu _____ (I bring – I brought)
PÔR – Eu ponho – Eu _____ (I put – I put)
QUERER – Eu quero – Eu _____ (I want – I wanted)
PODER – Eu posso – Eu _____ (I can – I could)
SABER – Eu sei – Eu _____ (I know – I knew)
LER – Eu leio – Eu _____ (I read – I read)
The goal of this lesson is just to practice and memorize the conjugation of verbs in the past tense. If you still need to learn how to conjugate verbs, I recommend my Verb Conjugation Crash Course, where I teach all the verb tenses used in Brazil, how to use each verb tense, and what are the most used verbs in the Portuguese language. Click here to learn more.
Check your answers!
AMAR – Eu amo – Eu amei
ESTUDAR – Eu estudo – Eu estudei
COMER – Eu como – Eu comi
ASSISTIR – Eu assisto – Eu assisti
CAMINHAR – Eu caminho – Eu caminhei
ESCREVER – Eu escrevo – Eu escrevi
ABRIR – Eu abro – Eu abri
ACORDAR – Eu acordo – Eu acordei
PENSAR – Eu penso – Eu pensei
ENTENDER – Eu entendo – Eu entendi
BEBER – Eu bebo – Eu bebi
DIRIGIR – Eu dirijo – Eu dirigi
ALMOÇAR – Eu almoço – Eu almocei
FALAR – Eu falo – Eu falei
APRENDER – Eu aprendo – Eu aprendi
DAR – Eu dou – Eu dei
DIZER – Eu digo – Eu disse
SER – Eu sou – Eu fui
ESTAR – Eu estou – Eu estive
FAZER – Eu faço – Eu fiz
VER – Eu vejo – Eu vi
VIR – Eu venho – Eu vim
IR – Eu vou – Eu fui
TER – Eu tenho – Eu tive
TRAZER – Eu trago – Eu trouxe
PÔR – Eu ponho – Eu pus
QUERER – Eu quero – Eu quis
PODER – Eu posso – Eu pude
SABER – Eu sei – Eu soube
LER – Eu leio – Eu li
To assimilate what we’ve studied today, you need to keep practicing. That’s why I’ve prepared a PDF with extra exercises for you to practice conjugating verbs in the past tense. Fill out the form below to download your PDF.
Até a próxima!
