
Present tense irregular: tener & venir
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Sandra Cardenas
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Present tense verbs: tener & venir
Irregular forms
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Tener and venir are irregular verbs because they don't follow the present tense conjugation pattern for regular -er and -ir verbs. Let's start by reviewing their meanings. What do "tener" and "venir" mean in English?
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Notice that in the tú, él, ella, usted, ellos, ellas and ustedes forms, the e of the stem changes to ie. In the yo form, they add a -go ending.
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Multiple Choice
How would you conjugate "tener" in the first person yo form to say "I have"?
tienes
tengo
tiene
tenemos
tenéis
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Multiple Choice
How would you conjugate "tener" in the third person él form to say "He has red hair"?
tienes
tengo
tiene
tenemos
tenéis
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Multiple Choice
How would you conjugate the verb "venir" in the nosotros form to say "We come to the family reunion?"
vengo
vienes
venimos
viene
vienen
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Multiple Choice
How would you conjugate the verb "venir" in the ellas form to say "They come to school"?
vengo
vienes
venimos
viene
vienen
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Responde: ¿Cuándo vienes a la clase de español?
Vengo lunes, martes y jueves.
Vengo lunes, miércoles y viernes.
Vengo todos los días (lunes a viernes)
Vengo sábado y domingo.
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Tener + noun or adj.
being a certain age (tener catorce años)
being hot or cold (tener calor o frío)
being hungry or thirsty (tener hambre o sed)
being afraid or in a hurry (tener miedo o prisa)
being right or wrong (tener razón o no tener razón)
being sleepy or lucky (tener sueño o suerte)
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Multiple Choice
¿Qué tiene el hombre?
Tienen calor.
Tiene frío.
Tengo hambre.
Tenemos sueño.
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Multiple Choice
¿Qué tiene la niña?
Tenéis suerte.
Tengo razón.
Tiene sed.
Tienes miedo.
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Multiple Choice
¿Qué tienen las personas impacientes?
Tienes miedo.
Tenemos cuidado.
Tengo siete años.
Tienen prisa.
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Tener + que (to have to) expresses an obligation.
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Open Ended
Traduce (Translate): Tengo que estudiar para el examen de biología.
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Open Ended
Traduce (Translate): Mamá tiene que trabajar.
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Tener ganas de (to feel like...)
Use this to express a desire to do something or to ask people what they feel like doing (tener ganas de + infinitive)
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Multiple Choice
¿Tienes ganas de comer?
Do you feel like dancing?
Do you feel like eating?
Do you feel like cooking?
Are you cold?
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Multiple Choice
Tengo ganas de bailar.
You feel like sleeping.
He feels like singing.
I feel like dancing.
They are in a hurry.
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Follow these steps to express desire to do something. You still need to conjugate tener.
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Open Ended
Escribe: Write a complete sentence in Spanish that expresses "I feel like reading".
Present tense verbs: tener & venir
Irregular forms
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