Ar Verbs Present Tense Handout

Regular –ar verbs: present tense

Name:

1. What is an Infinitive? 2. In English infinitives start with the word

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Write 3 examples of English infinitives. 1.

2.

3.

In Spanish there are 3 types of infinitives. They end in “ar”, “er”, and “ir”  hablar – to speak  comer – to eat These are some common regular verbs.  vivir – to live We do not always use infinitives when communicating. Instead we conjugate these verbs. Conjugating means that we change the verb to agree with the subject. To conjugate a verb means to make a systematic list of all of its various forms. The stem of the verb is the infinitive minus the –ar, -er, or –ir (example: the stem of hablar is habl). Different endings are added to the stem for each subject. Subject pronouns I You (familiar) He She You (formal)

Singular Yo

We

Tú Él Ella usted

Plural Nosotros/ nosotras

They (masculine) They (feminine) You (plural)

Ellos Ellas Ustedes

The following chart has the –ar endings for each subject pronoun. Singular

Plural

Yo

-o

Tú Él Ella Usted

-as -a

Nosotros/ nosotras Ellos Ellas Ustedes

-amos

-an

Below is the conjugation of the verb hablar. Yo

hablo

Tú Él Ella Usted

hablas

Hablar- to speak Nosotros/ nosotras

hablamos

Ellos Ellas Ustedes

habla

hablan

Write the stems for each of the verbs below: escuchar

trabajar

saltar

cocinar

nadar

comprar

estudiar

caminar

llevar

cantar

mirar

contestar

Write the –ar endings for each subject pronoun below. Tú

yo

usted

nosotros ella

ellos

nosotras

él ustedes

ellas

Write the correct verb form (conjugation) in Spanish and English for each subject according to the verbs below.

1. cantar- to sing

stem

Yo

él nosotros

2. estudiar- to study Yo

tú

ustedes

tú

ustedes

tú

ellos stem

él nosotros

3. llevar- to wear/carry Yo

ustedes

ellos stem

él nosotros

ellos

4. bailar- to dance Yo

stem él

nosotros 5. nadar- to swim

stem

Yo

él nosotros

6. visitar- to visit

stem

Yo

él nosotros

ustedes

tú

ustedes

tú

ustedes

tú

ellos

ellos

ellos