Ar, er, ir verbs

Regular Verbs in Spanish
-ar, -er and –ir verbs in the
present tense

Review

⚫ Verb

⚫ Infinitive

⚫ Conjugate

⚫ Subject

⚫ Conjugations

⚫ Subject pronouns

a part of speech indicating action

an unchanged verb. In English it usually includes the
word “to” – to be, to swim, to eat, to live, etc. In
Spanish all infinitives end in either -ar, -er-, ir.

To change the verb from the infinitive to a form that
matches the subject.

The person or thing doing the action

the forms of the verb after you conjugate it.

a word that replaces the proper names of
nouns.

Subject pronouns

I = yo

You = tú

He = él

She = ella

You = Ud.

We (m) = Nosotros

We (f) = Nosotras

They (m) = ellos

They (f) = ellas

You all = Uds.

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Singular

Plural

Conjugating Verbs

⚫ To conjugate a verb in Spanish you

⚫ take off the ending, -ar, -er, -ir

◦ you are left with the stem of the verb

● caminar = to walk=
●camin (the stem)

● ar the ending

⚫ add on the appropriate ending to match

the subject.

⚫ But What Are The Endings?

AR-ER and –IR verb endings

⚫ Yo

⚫ Tú

⚫ Él, ella, Ud.

⚫ Nosotros

⚫ Ellos, Ellas, Uds.

-er
-ir

-o
-o

-e

-es

-es

-e

-en

-en

-emos -imos

-ar
-o

-as

-a

-amos

-an

Practicamos

⚫Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb hablar.

⚫ La profesora ____________________ con los estudiantes.

⚫ Los estudiantes ____________________ en la cafetería.

⚫ Nosotros ____________________ español.

⚫ Tú ____________________ mucho.

⚫ Yo ____________________ con mis amigos.

habla

hablan

hablamos

hablas

hablo

Practicamos

⚫Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb beber.

⚫ La señora ____________________ café con leche.

⚫ Las muchachas ____________________ una

limonada.

⚫ Nosotros ____________________ limonada.

⚫ Tú ____________________ leche.

⚫ Yo ____________________ té helado.

bebe

beben

bebemos

bebes

bebo

Practicamos

⚫Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb escribir.

⚫ Yo ____________________ muchas cartas.

⚫ La profesora ____________________ el examen.

⚫ Los alumnos ____________________ con lápices.

⚫ Mariana y yo ____________________ con bolígrafos.

⚫ Tú ____________________ una carta larga.

escribo

escribe

escriben

escribimos

escribes