connorbuisine connorbuisine 22-04-2022 Spanish contestada Some verbs have a spelling change from I to Y in the middle of the verb in the preterite tense because Question 1 options: the verbs have similar forms to ser and ir in the preterite tense. it prevents having 3 vowels in a row when conjugating the verbs. the verbs are regular verbs in the preterite tense. those verbs end in -car, -gar, or -zar.