Preterit, Ser and Estar – We learned that the preterit tense is used to talk about completing past actions and past actions within a specific timeframe such as yesterday, for four years, or last night. We practiced adding the appropriate endings for several regular and irregular verbs. Then we learned when to use the Spanish verbs Estar and Ser which both mean “to be or is”. We used ser to tell origin, indicate profession, describe inherent personality and physical characteristics, and to tell time. We used estar to indicate the location of people or objects.