-ar, -er and

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-ar, -er and ir verbs in the present tense
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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.
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Subject pronouns
Singular
Plural
We (m) Nosotros We (f) Nosotras
I yo
1st person
You tú
2nd person
He él She ella You Ud.
They (m) ellos They (f) ellas You all
Uds.
3rd person
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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
• comer er com (the stem)
• add on the appropriate ending to match the
  subject.
• But What Are The Endings?

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-ER and IR verb endings
-ir
-er
-ar

• Yo
• Tú
• Él, ella, Ud.
• Nosotros
• Ellos, Ellas, Uds.

-o
-o
-o
-es
-es
-as
-e
-e
-a
-emos
-imos
-amos
-en
-en
-an
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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
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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
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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
El fin
escribe
escriben
escribimos
escribes