18. In which form do -car, -gar, and -zar verbs undergo a spelling change in the preterit and why? (select 2 answers)

Question

A. yo form
B. tú form
C. él/ella/usted form
D. because I said so
E. since Spanish is a phonetic language, the spelling change is necessary to maintain pronunciation when the preterit ending is added
F. in order to keep there from being too many vowels together in the word

Answer 1

The correct answers are:

A. yo form
E. since Spanish is a phonetic language, the spelling change is necessary to maintain pronunciation when the preterit ending is added.

In the preterit, -car, -gar, and -zar verbs undergo spelling changes in the "yo" form to preserve their original pronunciation. For example, "buscar" changes to "busqué," "jugar" changes to "jugué," and "empezar" changes to "empecé."