Spanish Present Tense Regular Verbs

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-AR, -ER and -IR

​Spanish Present Tense Regular Verbs

​Infinitive Verbs

• Infinitive verbs are verbs that are written in their original form before they are changed (conjugated) to match their subjects.

• Infinitive verbs in Spanish end in -AR, -ER and -IR

• Ejemplos: Caminar, Aprender, Vivir

Multiple Select

Check all of the Infinitive Verb Forms.

• Cantar

• Comer

• como

• vive

• Vivir

Conjugated Verbs

Changing the Verbs to Match Your Subject

• Conjugation is the act of changing the verb to match the subject of the sentence.

• In Spanish, verbs change for all 6 boxes of the subject-pronoun chart and each set of verbs has a matching set of verb endings for -AR, -ER and -IR verbs.

• Ejemplos: Yo canto, Tú comes, Ellos escriben

Multiple Choice

What is conjugation?

• The act of matching adjectives to nouns.

• The act of changing the verb to match the subject of the sentence.

• The act of matching articles to nouns.

Multiple Select

Check all of the conjugated verb forms.

• canta

• cantar

• escribir

• escribimos

​Types of Verbs

• -AR verbs are verbs that end in the letters "AR"

• Example: Cantar

• -ER verbs are verbs that end in the letters "ER"

• Example: Beber

• -IR verbs are verbs that end in the letters "IR"

• Example: Escribir

Multiple Select

Check off all of the -AR Verbs.

• Cantar

• Hablar

• Vivir

• Comer

• Practicar

Multiple Select

Check off all of the -ER Verbs.

• Beber

• Aprender

• Vivir

• Comer

• Practicar

Multiple Select

Check off all of the -IR Verbs.

• Cantar

• Escribir

• Vivir

• Comer

• Practicar

​Step 2: Figure out where your subject goes in the verb chart based on the ending of the verb (-AR, -ER, IR).
Step 3: Select the appropriate ending for that subject and add it to your verb stem.

Step 1: To conjugate your verb you have to drop the -AR, -ER or -IR off the end of the infinitive verb. The letters that are left over are called the verb stem.

Match

Match the following steps for verb conjugation.

• Step 1

• Step 2

• Step 3

To conjugate your verb you have to drop the -AR, -ER or -IR off the end of the infinitive verb.

Figure out where your subject goes in the verb chart based on the ending of the verb.

Select the appropriate ending for that subject and add it to your verb stem.

• To conjugate your verb you have to drop the -AR, -ER or -IR off the end of the infinitive verb.

• Figure out where your subject goes in the verb chart based on the ending of the verb.

• Select the appropriate ending for that subject and add it to your verb stem.

Match

Match the following Verb Endings

• -AR Endings

• -IR endings

• -ER Verb Endings

o amos

as áis

a an

o imos

es ís

e en

o emos

es éis

e en

o emos

es éis

e en

• o amos

  as áis

  a an

• o imos

  es ís

  e en

• o emos

  es éis

  e en

• o emos

  es éis

  e en

Match

Match the following forms of Hablar to the proper subject pronouns.

• Yo

• Tú

• Él, Ella, Usted

• Nosotros

• Ellos, Ellas

hablo

hablas

habla

hablamos

hablan

• hablo

• hablas

• habla

• hablamos

• hablan

Dropdown

Yo ​

Select answer

español.

Dropdown

Nosotros ​

Select answer

la sopa.

Dropdown

Ellas ​

Select answer

en Búfalo.

Poll

Select an the answer that describes how you feel about verb conjugation.

• I feel like I can conjugate regular present tense verbs independently.

• I feel like I can conjugate regular present tense verbs with a little help.

• I feel like I can conjugate regular present tense verbs with a lot of help.

• I have no idea what I am doing with present tense verbs.