Gramática 2A.2: Conjugating Regular -ar Verbs (present tense)

Conjugating gives a verb a gender and a number.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

If you answered "True," you were most likely thinking:

An adjective must match in gender and number with the noun it describes.

Conjugating gives a verb a subject and a tense.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

subject: the 'who' of the sentence

tense: the 'when' of the sentence

^example: I swam.

subject: I

tense: past

What is conjugating?

• Conjugating refers to the act of translating a verb into another language.
• Conjugating is the process of combining two sentences into one.
• Conjugating is the method of identifying the subject of a sentence.
• Conjugating is the process of altering a verb to give it a subject and a tense.

The ___________ is the most basic form of a verb.

• conjugation

• stem

• infinitive

• conjugating

The infinitive is the most basic form of a verb because it is missing a ​ (a)   and a ​ (b)   .

• translation
• definition
• subject
• tense

In Spanish, infinitive verbs always end in...

(select all that apply)

• -ar

• -er

• -ir

• -or

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) -ar verbs

,

(b) -er verbs

,

(c) -ir verbs

,

(d) NOT a verb

• carpeta

• hablar

• nadar

• ver

• escribir

• correr

• ir

Why do we conjugate verbs?

• because only Spanish conjugates

• to translate the verb

• for fun

  😁

• to give the verb a subject and a tense

Does English conjugate verbs?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

infinitive: to eat

present: eat(s)

past: ate

future: will eat

'eat(s)', 'ate' and 'will eat' are all conjugations of the verb "to eat."

So YES, we conjugate in English too.

Match the following:

• I like to swim with my friends.

• present tense

• Yesterday, I swam with my friends.

• future

• On Sunday, I will swim with my friends.

• infinitive

• I swim with my friends.

• past tense