Venir Preterite Practice

Question 1

Anoche ___ yo a casa caminando porque no había taxis. (venir)

Accepted Answer

vine. Anoche marks one completed past event, so the preterite is needed. Venir uses the irregular stem vin- with the ending -e and no accent: vine.

Question 2

¿Por qué no ___ tú a mi cumpleaños el sábado pasado? (venir)

Accepted Answer

viniste. El sábado pasado points to one finished occasion: preterite. The tú form is vin- + -iste → viniste; veniste keeps the wrong stem vowel.

Question 3

Marcela ___ ayer desde Lima solo para firmar los papeles. (venir)

Accepted Answer

vino. Ayer signals a single completed trip. The él/ella form of an irregular preterite ends in unstressed -o with no accent: vino, unlike regular habló.

Question 4

Nosotros ___ en tren la semana pasada y tardamos cinco horas. (venir)

Accepted Answer

vinimos. La semana pasada closes the event in the past, so the preterite fits. Watch the vowel: vinimos is past, venimos is present — the i in the stem makes the difference.

Question 5

Mis suegros ___ de sorpresa el domingo y se quedaron a cenar. (venir)

Accepted Answer

vinieron. El domingo plus a chained preterite (se quedaron) marks completed events. The ellos form is vin- + -ieron → vinieron; venieron uses the wrong stem.

Question 6

Yo ___ a esta ciudad en 2019 buscando trabajo. (venir)

Accepted Answer

vine. En 2019 dates one completed move, so the preterite is required. Irregular preterites never carry accents: vine is correct, viné copies the regular hablé pattern by mistake.

Question 7

Tú ___ a verme al hospital apenas te enteraste, gracias. (venir)

Accepted Answer

viniste. Apenas te enteraste anchors one completed reaction in the past. The tú preterite of venir is viniste, built on the irregular stem vin-.

Question 8

El plomero ___ esta mañana y arregló la fuga en minutos. (venir)

Accepted Answer

vino. Esta mañana with a finished result (arregló) calls for the preterite. The form is vino, with no accent — vinó wrongly copies regular habló.

Question 9

El mes pasado nosotros ___ a esta playa por primera vez. (venir)

Accepted Answer

vinimos. El mes pasado closes the event: preterite. Nosotros takes vin- + -imos → vinimos; the present venimos differs only in that first vowel, so read carefully.

Question 10

¿Vosotros ___ andando desde la estación con todas las maletas? (venir)

Accepted Answer

vinisteis. The question looks back at one finished trip, so the preterite fits. Vosotros takes the irregular stem plus -isteis: vinisteis.

Question 11

Los bomberos ___ de inmediato cuando sonó la alarma anoche. (venir)

Accepted Answer

vinieron. Anoche and cuando sonó frame one completed response, so the preterite is needed. Los bomberos is plural: vin- + -ieron → vinieron.

Question 12

Ayer ___ yo temprano al trabajo para terminar el informe. (venir)

Accepted Answer

vine. Ayer marks one specific completed arrival, so vine is correct. Venía would describe a background action in progress, not a single finished event.

Question 13

Usted ___ el lunes pasado sin cita, ¿lo recuerda? (venir)

Accepted Answer

vino. El lunes pasado pins down one finished visit: preterite. Usted takes the él/ella form vino, never the tú form viniste.

Question 14

Cuando ___ tú a Quito por primera vez, ¿te gustó? (venir)

Accepted Answer

viniste. Por primera vez points to one completed arrival, so the preterite fits. The tú form is viniste — never add a final s (vinistes is a common spoken error).

Practice.