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Day 4- Present tense conjugations of Regular –AR verbs

An Online Learning Module

Adapted from PowerShow.com

Los Verbos Regulares

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Now that you have reviewed ser and tener, we will learn the endings you must use in order to make complete sentences

using all of the –ar verbs you have recently learned. This will help you conjugate about 70% of all verbs in

Spanish.

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Subject Pronouns(For your reference if needed)

Singular

I—yo

Informal You—tú

He—élShe—ella

Formal You—Ud.

Plural

We—nosotros

You all—vosotros*

They—ellos/ellasYou all—Uds.

*Remember: The vosotros form is rarely used. We will use Uds. instead and leave it out of the chart from here on.

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Every verb has 2 parts:

Hablar = habl-Practicar = practi-Estudiar = estudi-Trabajar = trabaj-

STEM + ENDING

Mirar = mir-Escuchar = escuch-Comprar = compr-Cocinar = cocin-

…then add the –ar endings found on the next slide

Drop –ar to get the stem of the verb…

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To form the present tense:Use the STEM + the Verb endings below

-o

-as

-a

-amos

-an

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Por ejemplo…: hablar

hablarhabl

habl

habl

habl

habl

o

as

a

amos

an

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Por ejemplo…: estudiar

estudiarestudi

estudi

estudi

estudi

estudi

o

as

a

amos

an

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Por ejemplo…: nadar

nadarnad

nad

nad

nad

nad

o

as

a

amos

an

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?(What is the correct form?)

el estudiantehabla

mi amigo y yohablamos

hablar

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

mi padretrabaja

unos amigostrabajan

trabajar

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

túcocinas

ellacocina

cocinar

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

Ana y Josébailan

Laura y yobailamos

bailar

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¿Cuáles son las formas de…?Type the 5 conjugations of each of the following verbs into an

email and send them to Ms Slaughter. Use your name and #4 as the subject line.

• Practicar - to practice

• Cantar - to sing

• Ayudar - to help

• Trabajar - to work

Assignment #4a- Due Mon.

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Discussion Topic

Go to the Discussion Board and write an

explanation about why we need to conjugate verbs. Give an example of when

it might affect understanding.

Assignment #4b- Due Mon.

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For additional practice with –AR verbs, visit the following links:

YouTube –AR Verb Songhttp://youtu.be/DdIu6S5Frb0

-AR Verb Practice Activitieshttp://phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?wcprefix=jcd&wcsuffix=0204&area=view