Notes on Präteritum

You've learned the Präteritum of sein, haben and the Modalverben in the last semester. In this semester, you will learn the Präteritum for all other verbs, regular and irregular. Here you will find notes and additional exercises for your own reference and practice.
 

Präteritum is taught formally in Einheit 2: Lernen und Vergessen of Eurolingua Deutsch 2. You were first taught this tense form in Einheit 15 of Eurolingua Deutsch 1.
Formation
Function
Exercises
Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Verbs like wissen
Use of Präteritum
Perfekt vs Präteritum
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5