Remember that we use the preterite tense to talk about actions that took place in the past.
Practica en estos enlaces:
Charts to review regular and irregular preterite forms
Challenge board, AR and ER verbs
Conjugate regular preterite forms
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El Pretérito: ER and IR verbs, ser, ir, dar and ver.
Posted by msrivas en 13 May 2010
Posted in Grammar | Etiquetado: Past, pretérito perfecto simple, preterite, tense | Leave a Comment »
El Pretérito: AR verbs
Posted by msrivas en 1 May 2010
We are going to learn one of the past tenses we have in Spanish: el pretérito.
First, we will know how to conjugate the preterite of AR verbs.
The verbs ending in -car, -gar and -zar have an irregular preterite.
Did you get it? You may need to practice…
Rags to riches -car, -gar, -zar
Posted in Grammar | Etiquetado: pretérito perfecto simple, preterite | 2 Comments »
Possessive adjectives
Posted by msrivas en 27 abril 2010
Click on the chart for an animated presentation.
Puedes practicar en estos enlaces:
Posted in Grammar | Etiquetado: adjectives, adjetivos, posesivos, Possessive | 4 Comments »
Interrogative words
Posted by msrivas en 12 abril 2010
Questions and interrogative words in Spanish are not difficult once you understand how they work:)
Vamos a aprender algunas palabras interrogativas:
Let’s learn a little bit more about questions:
¿Necesitas practicar? Try the following links.
Posted in Grammar | Etiquetado: interrogativas, interrogatives, oraciones, palabras, preguntas, questions, sentences, words | Leave a Comment »
El verbo querer
Posted by msrivas en 18 febrero 2010
Look at the conjugation and different uses of verb querer.
Ahora, practica mientras escuchas la canción de «Tequila» – Dime que me quieres.
Posted in Grammar, In class, Songs | Etiquetado: Dime que me quieres, querer, Tequila, to love, to want | Leave a Comment »
Stem-changing verbs in the present tense
Posted by msrivas en 1 febrero 2010
Let’s learn how to conjugate a stem-changing or «boot verb» in the present tense.
Click here for a complete chart of the stem-changing verbs.
Ahora, vamos a practicar:
Concentration and matching (meanings of some stem-changing verbs)
Posted in Grammar | Etiquetado: boot, irregular, present tense, stem-changing, verbs | Leave a Comment »
Irregular AR verbs in the present tense
Posted by msrivas en 30 enero 2010
Have you learned the irregular conjugation of dar, estar and ir? ¿Estás seguro? Puedes practicar más…
Posted in Grammar | Etiquetado: AR verbs, dar, estar, IR, irregular, present tense, presente | Leave a Comment »
Spanish I – AR verbs flashcards
Posted by msrivas en 29 enero 2010
The students of Spanish I have been working on a project to create flashcards of the AR verbs in the present tense.
Look at this, isn’t it great?
Posted in Grammar, Spanish I projects | Etiquetado: AR verbs, conjugación, flashcards, present, presente, primera, project, Spanish1, tense | 3 Comments »
Tener expressions
Posted by msrivas en 9 diciembre 2009
Tener is an irregular -ER verb. It means «to have» but it is very used in expressions like tengo hambre and tengo sed (literally: I have hunger, I have thirst).
Practise while playing games!
- Tener conjugation: concentration, multiple choice.
- Tener expressions: word search, matching, battleship.
Posted in Grammar, Vocabulary | Etiquetado: Expresiones, Tener, Verbos | Leave a Comment »
Presente de los verbos acabados en -ER y en -IR
Posted by msrivas en 8 diciembre 2009
We have already learned how to conjugate an -AR verb in the present tense.
If you remember how it works, it is very similar with the -ER and the -IR verbs, you only have to learn the endings.
Let’s compare the present tense of the three groups:
You will have noticed that the endings of the ER and the IR verbs are the same, except for the «nosotros» and the «vosotros» form.
To learn more about the present tense of the ER and the IR verbs click here.
To review the meanings of some common regular verbs click here.
Quizlet with common AR, ER and IR verbs
Multiple choice with the verbs you have to know
Rags to riches with conjugation
Battleship with conjugation
Posted in Grammar | Etiquetado: ER, IR, presente, simple, Verbos | 1 Comment »
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