You hear: pido bistec con papas fritas. you select: present

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Listen to each sentence and decide whether the verb is in the present or the preterite tense.

You hear: Pido bistec con papas fritas.

You select: present.

Since this is an exercise in listening comprehension, I cannot solve it without the audio. But I can give you an explanation so that when you hear it you can solve it yourself.

In this audio you must recognize whether the sentence is in the present or in the past tense.

Present:

This tense is used to show an action that is happens now, a routine, or something habitual.

Examples of Spanish verbs are as follows:

Amar, Temer, Partir

According to their termination, regular verbs are conjugated as follows for the present simple:

Amar:

yo (I)-o   Yo Amo

tú (You)-as   Tú Amas

el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal)-a   Él Ama

nosotros, nosotras (we)-amos   Nosotros Amamos

vosotros, vosotras (you all)-áis   Vosotros Amáis.

ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal)-an Ellos Aman

Temer:

yo (I)-o  Yo Temo

tú (You)-es Tú temes

el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal)-e   Ella teme

nosotros, nosotras (we)-emos   Nosotros Tememos

vosotros, vosotras (you all)-éis   Vosotros Teméis

ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal)-en Ellos temen

Partir:

yo (I)-o   Yo parto

tú (You)-es   Tú partes

el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal)-e Usted Parte

nosotros, nosotras (we)-imos   Nosotros Partimos

vosotros, vosotras (you all)-ís   Vosotros Partís

ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal)-en Ellas Parten

Preterite:

We use the past to demonstrate things that began and ended at a specific time in the past.

Using the verbs above, we conjugate the perfect preterite as follows:

Amar:

yo (I)-é Yo amé

tú (You)-aste   Tú Amaste

el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal)-ó Él amó

nosotros, nosotras (we)-amos  --- Nosotros Amamos

vosotros, vosotras (you all)-asteis   Vosotros amasteis

ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal)-aron  ---  Ellos amaron

Temer:

yo (I)-í   Yo temí

tú (You)-iste   Tú temiste

el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal)-ió   Ella temió

nosotros, nosotras (we)-imos  --- Nosotros temimos

vosotros, vosotras (you all)-isteis   Vosotros Temisteis

ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal)-ieron  --- Ellos temieron

Partir:

yo (I)-í   Yo partí

tú (You)-iste   Tú partiste

el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal)-ió  -- Usted Partió

nosotros, nosotras (we)-imos  --- Nosotras partimos

vosotros, vosotras (you all)-isteis   Vosotras partisteis

ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal)-ieron --- Ellas partieron

igualmente (likewise) or el gusto es mio (the pleasure is mine)