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Jack es estupido. El es un mentiroso y un ladrón. El planeó robar un banco. El estuvo practicando con la pistola. El tuvo su pistola en la mano firmamente y la disparó. Jorge, el vecino de Jack, oyó el disparó de la pistola. Jorge imediatamente llamó a la policía. La policía vinó a investigar la situación. La policía encontró Jack con su pistola.  La policia lo arrestó y lo metieron en la carcel.  Jorge, el vecino de Jack, fue un héroe.

Jack is stupid . He is a liar and a thief. He planned to rob a bank. He was practicing shooting his gun. He held the gun in his hand firmly and pulled the trigger (shot it). Jack's neighbor Jorge heard the gun shot. Jorge immediately called the police. The police came to investigate the situation. The police found Jack with his gun. The police arrested him and they put him in jail. Jorge, the neighbor of Jack, was a hero.

As you know, sentences in Spanish don't exaclty translate.

Notice that "él - he" has an accent over the "é", and "El - he", but when the "E" is capitalized you don't put an accent mark over the "E".

planear - to plan

"planeó - planned", comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense. The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

estar - to be

"estuvo - was", comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense. The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

practicar - to practice

practicando - practicing, - "practicando" is the gerund from the verb "practicar". (the "ing" in english")

tener - to have

"tuvo - had", comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense. The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

disparar - to fire, to shoot

disparó - shot, comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense. The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

oir - to hear

oyo - heard, comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense. The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

llamar - to call, appeal to, to invoke

llamó - called, comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense. The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

venir - to come

"vinó - came", comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense. The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

encontrar - to find, to come across, to encounter

"encontró - found", comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense. The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

arrestar - to arrest

"arrestó - arrested", comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense of the verb "arrestar". The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

meter - to put, to lay down, to place

"metieron - they put", comes from the, "third person plural", "pretérito - preterit" tense of the verb "meter". The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

ser - to be

"fue - was", comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense of the verb "ser". The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

Gerund

Practicando - practicing, comes from the verb "practicar - to practice".

Pronoun

"su" is the pronoun for "his or her".

"lo" takes the place for "it, him, her".

Adjetivos - Adjectives

Here are some sentences for "fue" from the "ir" verb  and "estuvo"from the "estar" verb, "pretérito tense".

Ella fue a la playa. Verb "ir" in pretérito indefinido (preterite/simple past) - She WENT to the beach
Ella estuvo EN la playa. Verb "estar" in pretérito indefinido (preterite/simple past) - She WAS at the beach (last year, for example)
Ella estaba EN la playa. Verb "estar" in pretérito imperfecto (imperfect) or copretérito - She WAS at the beach (when the accident happened, for example)