Regular Verb Conjugation

What is a verb?

• It is a person, place, or thing.
• It takes the place of a noun.
• It is an action word.

In Spanish when is a verb in the INFINITIVE form?

• When the verb ends in ING.
• When the verb ends in AR, ER, IR.
• When the verb ends  in O, AS, A, AMOS, AIS, AN. 

What does it mean TO CONJUGATE A VERB?

• It means to CHANGE the verb so it tells when the action happens (tense).
• It means to describe who is doing something.
• It means to read as many verbs as you can in one minute.

What does a PRONOUN do?

• A PRONOUN describes a person place or thing.
• A PRONOUN shows action.
• A PRONOUN takes the place of a noun.

When you start conjugating a verb in Spanish you need to find the stem of the verb.  How do you find the stem of the verb? 

• Take off the ar, er, ir of the verb. What is left is the stem of the verb. 
• Add o, as, a, amos, áis, an to the verb. 
• The stem of the verb is the ar, er, ir

What is a conjugated ending in Spanish?

• A conjugated ending is yo, tú, usted, él, ella, etc. 
• A conjugated ending is what you say to describe a person.
• A conjugated ending is what you add to the stem of a verb to change it. 

What are the conjugated endings for regular  AR Spanish verbs in the PRESENT tense?

• o, as, a, amos, áis, an
• o, es, e, emos, éis, en
• o, es, e, imos, is, en

What Spanish verbs are in the infinitive form?

• NADANDO, COMIENDO, ESCRIBIENDO
• NADAS, COMES, ESCRIBES
• NADAR, COMER, ESCRIBIR

Miguel  (necesitar) un lápiz. 

• necesita
• necesito
• necesitas

Cristian y Isaiah (correr) mucho.

• corro
• corremos
• corren