VERBOS AR, ER, IR

VERBOS AR, ER, IR

Advice

Everything that you have been learning so far in the Spanish class needs to be memorized. Now, even more, you need to memorize verb conjugations.

WE HAVE TONS OF REGULAR VERBS. You will recognize them just by looking at the stem.

• You’ll easily recognize them by their endings: -ar, -er or –ir.

  
  

  For example:

  hacer chistes, estudiar, reir

How to conjugate all the regular verbs?

For example, the hobbies that we have been learning in class. Remember, all of them are written in the infinitive.

bailar

leer

estudiar

preparer la comida

comer (to eat)

Verbs Ending in AR Conjugation

For verbs ending in -ar, the following endings are added to the verb stem after removing the infinitive ending:

Examples ending in AR: ESTUDIAR

Yo estudio.

Tú estudias.

El/Ella/Usted estudia.

Nosotros estudiamos.

Vosotros estudiáis.

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes estudian.

Verbs Ending in ER Conjugation

For verbs ending in -er, the following endings are added to the verb stem after removing the infinitive ending:

Examples ending in ER: VER televisión

Yo veo televisión.

Tú ves televisión.

El/Ella/Usted ve televisión.

Nosotros vemos televisión.

Vosotros véis televisión.

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes ven televisión.

Verbs Ending in IR Conjugation

For verbs ending in -ir, the following endings are added to the verb stem after removing the infinitive ending:

Examples ending in IR: ESCRIBIR

Yo escribo.

Tú escribes.

El/Ella/Usted escribe.

Nosotros escribimos.

Vosotros escribís.

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes escriben.

Highlight

Verbs ending in IR are not the same as when we say:

ir a la escuela

ir al centro comercial

The verb IR is an irregular verb that we will be covering next week.

Open My bible. Specifically slides #14, 15, and 16.

You will begin to conjugate the verbs for some sentences. Remember, in order to conjugate the verbs you need to:

Look at the stem part of the verb. For example: estudiar, leer, pintar, in order to conjugate the verb

Then eliminate the stem and replace it with the correct verb conjugation.

For example: correr. El corre.

Multiple Choice

Pedro (leer) _____ un libro (book).

• leo

• lees

• leemos

• lee

Multiple Choice

Andrea (estudiar) _____ en el salón de clases.

• estudia

• estudias

• estudiamos

• estudiáis

Multiple Choice

Jorge (reir) _____ en el parque.

• reímos

• rie

• rien

• reís

Multiple Choice

Pedro (comer) _____ una manzana (apple).

• comemos

• como

• come

• comeís

Multiple Choice

Los estudiantes (hablar) _____ mucho.

• hablan

• habla

• hablo

• hablamos

Multiple Choice

Melany y Héctor (escribir) _____ en la libreta (notebook).

• escribe

• escriben

• escribimos

• escribo

Poll

Today you have learned a lot and we need to keep practicing. So far, how did you find all that you learned?

• Easy

• Regular

• Very difficult

• Easy, but I need more practice.