L2 U3 Study guide regular verbs
Nombre:______Periodo:______
-Ar, -Er, and -Ir verb endings
Let’s review some terms!
Verb: a part of speech indicating action
Infinitive: 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.
Ex: to swim = nadar
to eat = comer
to live = vivir
Conjugate: To change the verb from the infinitive to a form that matches the subject.
Subject: The person or thing doing the action
Conjugations: the forms of the verb after you conjugate it.
Ex: to swim: I swim; you swim; he she or it swims; we swim; they swim
Nadar: yo nado, tú nadas, él/ella/ Ud. Nada, nosotros nadamos, ellos/as/ Uds nadan
Subject pronouns: a word that replaces the proper names of nouns. In English: I, you, he, she, it,
we, they. In Spanish:
To conjugate a verb in Spanish you
1. “Chop suey” – take of the ending, -ar, -er, -ir
a. you are left with the stem of the verb
i. nadar – ar = nad (the stem)
2. “schmoosh” – and on the appropriate ending to match the subject.
-ar endings / -er endings / -ir endingsYo / o / o / o
Tú / As / Es / Es
Él, ella, Ud. / A / E / E
Nosotros/as / Amos / Emos / Imos
Ellos, ellas, Uds. / An / En / En
Er and ir verbs have the same endings except for the nosotros form
Lets practice conjugating some verbs
Subject/Pronoun / Hablar
(to talk) / Bailar
(to dance) / Estudiar
(to study) / Beber
(to drink) / Comer
(to eat) / Correr
(to run) / Vivir
(to live) / Escribir
(to write)
El muchacho
Nosotros
Tú
Yo
Él/ella/Usted
Ellos/Ellas
La muchacha
Uds
Mr. Seale
Carlos y yo
Rebecca y tú
Andy y José
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
1. Para el desayuno, yo ______los blancos y el pan tostado. (comer)
2. ¿Qué ______tú para el desayuno? (beber)
3. En el café los clientes ______el mesero. (ver)
4. Mi amigo y yo ______el menú. (leer)
5. El mesero ______la cuenta (escribir)
6. Las personas en los supermercados ______productos congelados (vender)
7. ¿Dónde ______tú? (vivir)