This question is given in two ways. First of all, we need to complete some sentences with the best word that fits. Second, we need to fill the blank with the preterite form of verbs in parentheses.
Solving for the First Part:
1. Yo marco el número con los dedos
I dial the number with my finger
2. En español,"to tell longer pieces of information" es decir información extra
3. Mi amiga no vive en mi ciudad. Ella vive muy lejos en Europa. Para llamarla, necesito hacer una llamada de larga distancia.
Mi friend does not live in my city. She lives far away in Europe. To call her, I need to make a long distance call.
4. Yo termino la conversación y me quito el auricular.
I end the conversation, and take off the handset.
Solving for the Second Part:
In Spanish, the preterite tense (el pretérito) is used to describe actions completed at a point in the past. So the Spanish preterite is not used to describe regular or continuous actions in the past with no specific beginning or end. In that case, we use the imperfect. Therefore, we use the preterite to talk about completed actions in the past. So, it is used to talk about beginnings and ends, things that occurred on specific dates or days, at specific times or during specific time periods, and events in a sequence. There are two forms in this verbal tense, namely: Regular Imperfect Forms and Irregular Imperfect Forms.
In Spanish, you can recognize only two sets of endings for regular preterite verbs, one for ar verbs and one for both er and ir verbs. If you want to conjugate a regular verb in the preterite tense, you must remove the infinitive ending (ar, er, or ir) and add the preterite ending that matches the subject. Check out Table 1 (below) of regular preterite endings. Take into account that the first person singular (yo), third person singular (él, ella), and second person formal singular (usted) preterite forms have tildes (that is, written accents) on the final vowel. Consider that one little tilde can change both the tense and subject of a sentence.
The most common verbs with irregular preterite forms are ser, ir, dar, and ver. Keep in mind that ser and ir have the exact same forms in the preterite. So the conjugations of these verbs are shown in Table 2.
Keep in mind that decir is an irregular verb, so the question can be answered as follows:
5. Ustedes le dijeron el número al operador.
6. Usted no le dijo nada a Carlos.
7. Tú no le dijiste lo que pasó.
8. Yo dije la verdad.