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Era (Fueron) las ocho de la noche. El viejo jugaba barajas con sus amigos. Ellos platicaban y bromeaban uno con el otro. Ellos estaban felices (contentos). Entonces el viejo tuvo un infarto. El se cayó al piso. Uno de sus amigos llamó 911(nueve, uno, uno) y la ambulancia llegó en diez minutos. Los paramédicos corrieron arriba al apartamento del viejo. El viejo estaba tirado en el piso con mucho dolor. El viejo dijo, "Me duele el pecho." Los paramédicos pusieron al viejo en una camilla y lo llevaron al hospital.

It was eight o'clock at night. The old man was playing cards with his friends. They were chatting and joking with each other. (They were happy. or They were having a great time.) Then the old man had a heart attack. He fell to the floor. One of his friends called 911 and the ambulance arrived within ten minutes. The paramedics ran upstairs to the old man's apartment. The old man was laying on the floor in a lot of pain. The old man said, 'My chest hurts.". The paramedics put the old man on a gurney(stretcher) and (they) put him in the ambulance.

ser - to be

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

ALSO

"Fueron and Fue" are used with time. So if it "was" one o'clock you would use "fue" if it "was" any other time it would be "fueron". The reason you use "fue" when it is "one o'clock" is because "one" is singular.  Every other "time" is "more than one". For ie. "Fueron los ocho. - It was eight o'clock." "Fueron los cinco y media. - It was five-thirty." Fue la una. - It was one o'clock."

jugar - to play

"jugaba - he was playing, she was playing", comes from the "third person" form of "imperfecto de indicativo - imperfect indicative" tense. - (1) The imperfecto de indicativo tense is an action that was going on in the past at the same time as another action. (2) An action that was going on in the past when another action occured. (there are more rules to the "imperfecto de indicativo", but you will learn more later.) (These definitions are from the 501 verb book.)

platicar - to chat

"platicaban - (they)were chatting", comes from the "third person plural" form of "imperfecto de indicativo - imperfect indicative" tense. - (1) The imperfecto de indicativo tense is an action that was going on in the past at the same time as another action. (2) An action that was going on in the past when another action occured. (there are more rules to the "imperfecto de indicativo", but you will learn more later.)

bromear - to joke

"bromeaban - (they)were joking", comes from the "third person plural" form of "imperfecto de indicativo - imperfect indicative" tense. - (1) The imperfecto de indicativo tense is an action that was going on in the past at the same time as another action. (2) An action that was going on in the past when another action occured. (there are more rules to the "imperfecto de indicativo", but you will learn more later.)

estar - to be

"estaban - they were", comes from the "third person plural" form of "imperfecto de indicativo - imperfect indicative" tense. - (1) The imperfecto de indicativo tense is an action that was going on in the past at the same time as another action. (2) An action that was going on in the past when another action occured. (there are more rules to the "imperfecto de indicativo", but you will learn more later.)

tener - to have

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

caerse - to fall, to drop - Reflexive Verb

"se cayó - he fell, she fell",  comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense of the reflexive verb "caerse". The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

llamar - to call

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

llegar - to arrive

"llegó - he arrived, she arrived, it arrived", comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense of the verb "llegar". The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

correr - to run, to race

"corrieron - he ran, she ran",  comes from the, "third person plural", "pretérito - preterit" tense of the verb "correr". The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

estar - to be

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

decir - to say, to tell

"dijo - he said, she said", comes from the, "third person", "pretérito - preterit" tense of the verb "decir". The pretérito tense expresses an action that was completed at some time in the past.

poner - to lay, to put

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

llevar - to bring, to fetch

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

tirar - to throw, to drag, to pull, to haul, to tug
"tirado - threw, dragged, pulled, hauled, tugged" - comes from the verb "tirar" and "tirado" is the past participle.