Practice with Irregular Present Tense

Use the correct form of IR: Yo ________ al mercado.

Use the correct form of IR: (Nosotras) ___________ a estudiar mucho.

Which verbs are YO GO (-go ending in the YO form) verbs?

• HACER, TENER, SALIR y ESTAR

• HACER, TENER, SALIR y SER

• HACER, TENER, SALIR, y PONER

• HACER, TENER, SALIR, y IR

Use the correct form of SALIR (to go out, leave): Él _________ la casa a las 6.

Use the correct form of PONER (to put): (Yo) _____________ los platos en la mesa.

• pone

• pones

• pono

• pongo

Use the correct form of SABER (to know): (Yo) _____________ la respuesta.

• sabo

• sé

• sabe

• sabemos

¿Cómo se dice... "I give a plate to her"? Remember to use the PERSONAL A: the 'a' that goes after the verb when the direct object of the sentence is a human being. You must insert an a between the verb and the HUMAN direct object!

• (Yo) doy un plato ella.

• (Yo) doy un plato a ella.

• (Yo) do un plato a ella.

What is the STEM of a verb?

• the -AR / -ER / -IR ending

• everything BUT the ending, for example: COM in COMER

The stem changing verb we know the best is TENER (to have). If you forget how stem-changing verbs work, think of TENER and some common uses of TENER. Por ejemplo, la pregunta: ¿Cuántos años TIENES? 'TIENES' shows the stem change. What is the stem change in TENER?

• E to I

• E to IE

• U to UE

• O to UE

Another common stem-changing verb is QUERER (to want, love). The stem-change is E to IE, right? So, how do you say, "I want"?