Spanish -ar verbs in present tense

Spanish -ar verbs in present tense

Lesson and practice

Infinitive to conjugated

• The infinitive can only be used when you want to say "to _____"

• In order to say anything where there is a subject pronoun, you must conjugate the infinitive.

• For example, to say "I study" in Spanish, you cannot say "yo estudiar".

Steps of conjugating

• Remove the ar from the infinitive

• Add the ending for the subject

• ¡Es todo!

Conjugation charts

Usually, conjugation is done in a chart format. This makes it easier to remember the position of the subject pronouns on both the singular and plural sides of the chart.

Ar verb endings

The ar verb endings will always be the same no matter what verb you use!

Multiple Choice

What is the first step when you want to conjugate a verb?

• Remove the r

• Remove the ar

• Add an ending for the subject

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a verb in the infinitive?

• hablo

• hablan

• hablamos

• hablar

Multiple Choice

Choose the infinitive that goes with this picture.

• bailar

• cantar

• estudiar

Multiple Choice

Choose the infinitive that goes with this picture.

• hablar

• visitar

• nadar

Multiple Choice

Choose the infinitive that goes with this picture.

• mirar

• nadar

• trabajar

Noun phrases

Often there is a noun phrase used as the subject of a sentence instead of a subject pronoun. It may be a person's name or a more general noun like "boys". When this is the case, think of which subject pronoun would replace the noun in order to determine the verb ending to use.

Examples:

• Mi amigo = él

• Tu prima = ella

• Nuestras hijas = ellas

• Los estudiantes = ellos

Additional phrases

These phrases can be a little trickier, but follow a pattern:

Tú y yo/ Mi hija y yo/ Juan y yo

**Anything followed by " y yo" = NOSOTROS/NOSOTRAS**

Tú y tus amigos/ Paco y tú

Rebeca y usted/ Usted y su esposo

**Anything with "tú" or "usted" in the phrase = USTEDES**

Multiple Choice

Rosa y Oscar ______(trabajar) en la librería los sábados y los domingos.

• trabajáis

• trabajamos

• trabajan

Multiple Choice

Yo _____(tomar) café en la cafetería de la universidad.

• tomo

• tomas

• toma

Multiple Choice

¿Tú ________ (tocar) la guitarra?

• toca

• tocas

• toco

Multiple Choice

Elena es una chica muy inteligente, ella ____________ (hablar) muy bien el español.

• hablas

• hablo

• habla

Multiple Choice

Eduardo _________ (escuchar) música todos los días.

• escucho

• escuchas

• escucha

Multiple Choice

Mary y tú __________(visitar) a sus abuelos.

• visitan

• visitamos

• visitas

Multiple Choice

Mark y yo _________(caminar) en el parque.

• camino

• caminamos

• caminan