ER/ IR conjguation

ER / IR Verbs

​Sra. Carrasco

We're already familiar with AR verbs

• These are Spanish verbs that end in AR

• Some examples are hablar (to talk), cantar (to sing), bailar (to dance), montar en bicicleta (to bike ride), dibujar (to draw), estudiar (to study) and so much more...

• When conjugating AR verbs, we know there is a pattern to follow...

Drop the AR ending, then add the appropriate ending depending on WHO is doing the verb

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Vamos a practicar...

Let's conjugate the following AR verbs with the given subject pronoun

Multiple Choice

Tú (enseñar)

• enseñas

• Tú enseño

• Tú enseñes

• Tú enseña

Multiple Choice

Ud. (montar en monopatin)

• montais en monopatin

• monta en monopatin

• montas en monopatin

• montamos en monopatin

Multiple Choice

Yo (pasar tiempo con amigos)

• pasan tiempo con amigos

• pasa tiempo con amigos

• paso tiempo con amigos

• pasamos tiempo con amigos

Multiple Choice

Nosotros (cantar)

• cantais

• cantamos

• cantan

• cantas

Multiple Choice

Margarita (dibujar)

• dibujan

• dibujas

• dibujo

• dibuja

For verbs ending in ER, we will drop the ER ending then add these appropriate endings...

Comer, Beber, Correr

Multiple Choice

Juana y Claudia ________ el jugo de naranja

• bebemos

• beben

• bebe

• bebo

Multiple Choice

Para el desayuno, mis hermanos y yo _________ el tocino y el tostado.

• comen

• como

• comeis

• comemos

Multiple Choice

Mi mamá no le gustan las mañanas. Ella no ________ el desayuno.

• comen

• comes

• come

• como

Multiple Choice

Cuando hace mucho calor, yo ________ el refresco.

• bebes

• bebo

• bebe

• beba

For verbs ending in IR, drop the IR ending and add these appropriate endings...

...Notice how similar it is to ER verbs, EXCEPT in the nosotros and vosotros forms....

Multiple Choice

Mi amiga es muy estudiosa. Ella siempre ________ cuentos para la clase de ingles.

• escribe

• escribi

• escriben

• escriba

Multiple Choice

Felipe y Isabel ________ el helado.

• comparte

• compartemos

• compartimos

• comparten

Multiple Choice

Nosotros ________ la pizza.

• compartemos

• compartis

• compartimos

• comparten

Spanish present tense -er and -ir verbs

Objectives - to be able to say what you do at break.

- to be able to use the present tense

Do you remember this from Module 2?

These are the endings for -ar verbs

In today's lesson we will revise and build on our previous knowledge :)

In Spanish there are 3 types of verbs

• -ar verbs, for example - hablar - to speak

• -er verbs, for example - comer - to eat

• -ir verbs, for example - escribir - to write

Today we will look at -er and -ir verbs

• Think back, you learnt some examples of these verbs last lesson...

• Como - I eat (comer - to eat)

• Escribo - I write (escribir - to write)

-er verbs in the Present tense:

Comer - to eat

Como - I eat

Comes - you eat

Come - he/she eats

Comemos - we eat

Coméis - you (plural) eat

Comen - they eat

You have a copy of the verb endings for -er verbs in your Notebook.

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'you eat'?

• como

• comes

• come

• comen

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'we eat'?

• como

• come

• comemos

• comen

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'she eats'?

• como

• come

• comemos

• comen

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'they eat'?

• como

• comes

• coméis

• comen

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'you plural eat'?

• como

• comes

• coméis

• comen

-ir verbs in the Present tense:

Escribir - to write

Escribo - I write

Escribes - you write

Escribe - he/she writes

Escribimos - we write

Escribís - you (plural) write

Escriben - they write

You have a copy of the verb endings for -ir verbs in your Notebook.

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'he writes'?

• escribes

• escribe

• escribimos

• escriben

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'I write'?

• escribo

• escribe

• escribimos

• escriben

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'we write'?

• escribo

• escribe

• escribimos

• escriben

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'they write'?

• escribes

• escribe

• escribís

• escriben

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'you plural write'?

• escribes

• escribimos

• escribís

• escriben

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There are lots of other -er and -ir verbs

• - er verbs: beber - to drink, leer - to read

• - ir verbs: vivir - to live, recibir - to receive

• These verbs have the same endings as the other - er and - ir verbs you've just seen.

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'he drinks'?

• bebo

• bebe

• bebemos

• beben

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'we read'?

• leo

• lee

• leemos

• leen

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'they live'?

• vivo

• vivo

• vivimos

• viven

Multiple Choice

Which one means 'you receive'?

• recipo

• recibes

• recibimos

• reciben