Present Tense Regular Verbs

Review of Regular Spanish Verbs

Open Ended

What is a verb?

A Verb is an ACTION WORD

​ESPAÑOL

​ENGLISH

Infinitive Verbs in English vs. Spanish

​-In English, our verbs start with to

• to run

• to talk

• to open​

​-In Spanish, verbs do not start with to, instead they either end in -ar, -er, -ir

• ​correr

• hablar

• ​abrir

An INFINITIVE verb is simply a verb that has not been conjugated yet. It is the baby form of the verb.

• PRACTICAR = to practice

• COMPARTIR = to share

• LEER = to read​

​Conjugating -AR Verbs

​Conjugating

-ER Verbs​

​Conjugating

-IR Verbs

Vamos a practicar

​How would we conjugate the following verbs in the given form

Multiple Choice

Maria y Juanita (cantar)

• canto

• cante

• canten

• cantan

Multiple Choice

Yo (trabajar)

• trabajo

• trabaja

• trabaje

• trabajamos

Multiple Choice

Mis amigos y yo (bailar)

• bailen

• bailamos

• bailan

• bailo

Multiple Choice

Mr. D (enseñar)

• enseño

• enseñan

• enseña

• enseñas

Multiple Choice

Tú y Margarita (comer)

• comes

• comen

• coman

• comas

Multiple Choice

Ellas (vender)

• venden

• vendemos

• vendan

• vendimos

Multiple Choice

Mis hermanitos y yo (vivir)

• vivamos

• vivemos

• vivimos

• viven

Multiple Choice

Tú (escribir)

• escribo

• escribe

• escribas

• escribes

Multiple Choice

Nosotras (beber)

• bebimos

• bebo

• bebemos

• beben