Present Tense Irregulars

Present Tense Irregulars Sp2

Irregular Verbs in Spanish

Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the regular pattern of -AR, -ER and -IR verbs. There are different categories of irregular verbs. Some only have irregularities in certain boxes. Some are irregular throughout the conjugation.

Irregular Yo Form Verbs

Some verbs only have an irregular form in box 1 (Yo) then they are regular throughout boxes 2-6.

-go verbs- have a -go in box 1 (Hacer= to do or make)

• Yo hago

• Tú haces

• Ella hace

• Nosotros hacemos

• Vosotros hacéis

• Ellas hacen

Multiple Choice

How do you say "I do the homework.?

• Yo haco la tarea.

• Yo hago la tarea.

• Yo soy la tarea.

• Yo haces la tarea.

More Go Verbs

Poner= to place or put

Salir= to leave or go out

Multiple Select

Check all of the -go verbs below.

• salir

• comer

• hacer

• poner

• hablar

Multiple Choice

How do you day "We leave."

• Nosotros salimos.

• Nosotros salgimos.

Multiple Choice

How do you say "They leave at 6:00."?

• Ellos salgen al las seis.

• Ellos salimos a las seis.

• Ellos salen a las seis.

Saber and Conocer

• Saber= to know facts, how to do things

• Conocer= to know people or be familiar with things

• They both have irregular Yo forms

• Saber goes to "Sé" in the Yo form

• Conocer is a -zco verb so it changes to a -zco in the Yo form

Multiple Choice

Which verb means "To know facts"?

• saber

• conocer

Saber

• Yo sé

• Tú sabes

• Ella sabe

• Nostoros sabemos

• Vosotros sabéis

• Ellas saben

Conocer

• Yo conozco

• Tú conoces

• Ella conoce

• Nosotros conocemos

• Vosotros conocéis

• Ellas conocen

Multiple Choice

How do you say "I know Maria."?

• Yo sabo a Maria.

• Yo conoco a Maria.

• Yo conozco a Maria.

Stem Changing Verbs

Stem changers have an indicated stem change in the boot (box 1,2,3,6).

Nosotros and Vosotros NEVER stem change!!!

The stem changes are indicated as such:

(e-ie) (e-i) (o-ue) (u-ue)

Querer = to want (e-ie)

• Yo quiero

• Tú quieres

• Ella quiere

• Nosotros queremos

• Vosotros queréis

• Ellas quieren

Multiple Choice

How do you say "They want chocolate."?

• Ellas queren chocolate.

• Ellas quiere chocolate.

• Vosotros queréis chocolate.

• Ellas quieren chocolate.

Totally Irregular Verbs

These verbs do not have a normal, recognizable pattern.

Ir= to go

• Yo voy

• Tú vas

• Ella va

• Nosotros vamos

• Vosotros vais

• Ellas van

Ver and Dar are similar to Ir

• Replace the A's in Ir with E's to get Ver

• Replace the V's in Ir with D's to get Dar

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Ver= To See Dar= to give

• veo, ves, ve, vemos, veis, ven

• doy, das, da, damos, dais, dan

Multiple Select

Which verb means "To go"?

• Ver

• Ir

• Dar

• Ser

Ser/ Estar/ Tener

• Ser= to be (description)

• Estar= to be (located or feeling)

• Tener= to have

Multiple Choice

Which verb means "To have"?

• Tener

• Ser

• Estar

• Querer

Ser/Estar/Tener Conjugations

• soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son

• estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están

• tengo, tienes, tiene, tenemos, tenéis, tienen

Multiple Select

Check all of the Totally Irregular Verbs

• Ser

• Tener

• Ir

• Estar

• Querer