Estructura 3.3 -er and -ir verbs

Estructura 3.3
Present tense of -er and -ir verbs

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In this section

You will learn:

• The present tense of regular -er and -ir verbs.

• Some high frequency regular -er and -ir verbs.

Lección 3 Essential Questions:

1. How do family and family relationships vary across culture?

2. How do people identify themselves in relationship to their other family members?

3. How do family interactions in the U.S. compare to those in other countries.

• In Lección 2, you learned regular -ar verbs in their present tense.

• You also learned about verb forms which change to show who is performing the action.

• Up next: Regular -er and -ir verb endings.

Remember me?

Multiple Choice

¿Cierto o falso?

The -ar verb endings are:

yo -o

tú -as

él/ella/usted -a

nosotros/as -amos

ellos/ellas/ustedes -an

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3.3-2

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3.3-3

 -Er and -ir verbs have very similar endings.

*Study the chart on the previous slide to see the patterns that make it easier for you to use
them to communicate in Spanish.

​ Like -ar verbs, the yo forms of -er and -ir end in o.

Yo como.

Yo escribo.

Multiple Choice

What do -ar, -er, and -ir verbs have in common?

• They have nothing in common.

• They have everything in common.

• The yo form ending is -o.

• You're talking crazy Srta. Shell.

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3.3-7

Multiple Choice

Look at the gif and read the sentence. Which is the correct conjugation for correr?

Ellos ______ en el parque.

• corro

• corres

• corremos

• corren

Multiple Choice

Look at the gif and read the sentence. Which is the correct conjugation of abrir?

Maricela ______ las puertas.

• abro

• abres

• abre

• abremos

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3.3-8

¡Vamos a practicar en las pizarras!

• ​I will say and write the infinitive verb on this board.

• I will also say which form I want you to write.
  
  Example:

• Correr

• yo form
  

You will write . . .

​yo corro