Er and Ir Verbs Notes and Practice

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The key takeaways are about conjugating -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in Spanish and providing examples of conjugations in sentences.

Examples of conjugated verbs in the text include como, bebes, vendemos, and escribimos.

Examples of subjects used in the sentences include yo, tú, Uds., and nosotros.

-Er and -ir verbs

Lets 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, t nadas, l/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:

I = yo

We (m) = Nosotros
We (f) = Nosotras

You = t

XXX

He = l
She = ella
You = Ud.

They (m) = ellos


They (f) = ellas
You all = Uds.

To conjugate a verb in Spanish you


1. Chop off take off the ending, -ar, -er, -ir
a. you are left with the stem of the verb
i. nadar ar = nad (the stem)
2. schmoosh add on the appropriate ending to match the subject.
-ar endings
-er endings
-ir endings
Yo
o
o
o
T
As
Es
Es
l, 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 er, and ir verbs!

Ver = to see

Leer = to read

Comer = to eat

Beber = to drink

Aprender = to learn

Escribir = to write

Recibir = to receive

Vivir = to live

Vender = to sell

veo
ves

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. Qu ______________ t para el desayuno? (beber)
3. En el caf los clientes __________ el mesero. (ver)
4.

Mi amigo y yo ______________ el men. (leer)

5. El mesero __________________ la cuenta (escribir)


6. Las personas en los supermercados _________________ productos congelados
(venden)
7. Dnde __________________ t? (vivir)
Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb beber.

1. La seora ____________________ caf con leche.


2. Las muchachas ____________________ una limonada.
3. Nosotros ____________________ limonada.
4. T ____________________ leche.
5. Yo ____________________ t helado.
Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb escribir.
1. Yo ____________________ muchas cartas.
2. La profesora ____________________ el examen.
3. Los alumnos ____________________ con lpiz.
4. Mariana y yo ____________________ con bolgrafo.
5. T ____________________ una carta larga.
Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the most logical verb in parentheses.
1. Los amigos ____________________ (aprender/comer) en la cafetera de la escuela.
2. Yo ____________________ (recibir/ver) a mi amigo Juan en la sala de clase.
3. Catalina y yo ____________________ (beber/leer) t helado en el caf.
4. ____________________ Uds. (leer/comprender) cuando el profesor habla?
5. El alumno ____________________ (comprender/escribir) en el cuaderno.
6. Nosotros ____________________ (vivir/ver) en Mxico.
7. ____________________ t (aprender/recibir) notas buenas en la clase de matemticas?
8. Qu ____________________ Ud.? Una novela de Isabel Allende. (escribir/leer)
9. La familia Lpez ____________________ (beber/vivir) en un apartamento grande.
10. Las alumnas argentinas ____________________ (aprender/comer) el ingls.

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