How to Conjugate Regular –AR – Er - IR Verbs in the

Present Tense

to change a verb to match the subject of a sentence

Conjugate:

This is a verb flower.

This flower will help us learn how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense.

stem

The stem of a verb is its INFINITIVE

form.

The infinitive is the

UNCONJUGATED form of the verb.

It means to _____.

Examples are organizar (to organize), comer

(to eat) and vivir (to live).

The center of a verb is what happens

when you drop its ending.

center

For example, to find the center of

organizar, drop the –ar.

Then you end up with organiz-

Just like the petals on a flower are the

colorful, pretty parts, the petals on our verb flower are

the same .

petals

Each petal on our verb flower represents a

different subject pronoun.

yo

tú

élella

usted

nosotros nosotras

vosotrosvosotrasellosellas

ustedes

Each subject pronoun is

associated with a different ending.

yo

tú

élella

usted

nosotros nosotras

vosotrosvosotras

ellosellas

ustedes

-o

-as

-a

-amos

-áis

-an

What does this all mean?!

Let’s try putting it together!

Let’s conjugate the verb necesitar.

nece

sitar

yo necesito

Necesit-tú necesitas

él ne

cesita

ella ne

cesita

uste

d neces

ita

noso

tros/

noso

tras

nece

sitam

os

vosotros/ vosotras necesitáis

ellos necesitan

ellas necesitan

ustedes necesitan

yo necesito = I needtú necesitas = you needél necesita = he needs

ella necesita = she needsusted necesita = you need

nosotros necesitamos = we needvosotros necesitáis = y’all need

ellos necesitan = they needellas necesitan = they need

ustedes necesitan = you all need

yo

tú

élell

a

uste

d

noso

tros/

noso

tras

vosotros/ vosotras

ellos

ellas

ustedes

Now try conjugating organizar.

1. What is the stem?

3. What is the center?

4. What are the different forms in each petal?

2. What does it mean?

Does your flower look like this?

orga

niza

r

yo organizo

Organiz-tú organizas

él org

aniza

ella or

ganiz

a

uste

d orga

niza

noso

tros/

noso

tras

organ

izamos

vosotros/ vosotras organizáis

ellos organizan

ellas organizan

ustedes organizan

yo organizo = I organizetú organizas = you organizeél organiza = he organizes

ella organiza = she organizesusted organiza = you organize

nosotros organizamos= we organizevosotros organizáis = y’all organize

ellos organizan= they organizeellas organizan= they organize

ustedes organizan= you all organize

yo

tú

élell

a

uste

d

noso

tros/

noso

tras

vosotros/ vosotras

ellos

ellas

ustedes

Now try conjugating comprar.

1. What is the root?

3. What is the stem?

4. What are the different forms in each petal?

2. What does it mean?

What does your flower look like?

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?

?

??

Bring it to class and find out if you are

correct!

ACTIVIDAD1. With the flower provided create a conjugation vase2. Use the six verbs provided(-ar, -er, -ir)3. Conjugate them in the flower as we did before4. Color and decorate them and arrange your flower

conjugation vase5. This is a project grade6. The project is individual, but every two people will share

a bag containing crayons, scissors and glue. You become responsible for it and at the end of the project you must give it back. If something is missing from your bag you won’t receive credit for your work.

Flower vase project The flower vase has 6 flowers (_____ of 10 points)Each flower has a different verb (_____ of 10 points)There are two verbs of each group (_____ of 10 points)In the stem of the flower I can see the verb in infinitive. It means without conjugation (_____ of 15 points)In the center of the flower I can see the stem of the verb. It means the verb withour –ar/-er/ -ir (_____ of 15 points)In six petals I can see the six different conjugations of the verbs (one conjugation per petal) (_____ of 30 points)The flower vase is colorful and creative (_____ of 10 points)

Total _____ of 100