This document provides a lesson on conjugating regular verbs in Spanish. It explains how to conjugate -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in the present tense by dropping the infinitive ending and adding appropriate endings for each subject pronoun. Examples are provided and students practice conjugating verbs and writing sentences using conjugated verbs.

1. Conjugation of
regular verbs
in Spanish
UNA TARJETA POSTAL
DESDE ECUADOR
M. Jose Suarez Febrero
2015

2. In this lesson you will learn to:
How to speak in present tense.
Identify people, objects, places
and things.
Using:
Actions (verbs) with its
respective combination
(conjugation).
UNA TARJETA POSTAL DESDE ECUADOR
(A POSTCARD FROM ECUADOR)
Objetivos2

3. UNA TARJETA POSTAL DESDE ECUADOR
(A POSTCARD FROM ECUADOR)
La tarjeta postal: Look at the front and the back of la
tarjeta postal. Read the text and see if you can recognize
some words.
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Michael,
Me gusta mucho Ecuador. Finalmente, I’m
learning some Spanish. !Mira las fotos! En
Ecuador hay muchos perros, gatos y pájaros.
La gente es muy agradable. Es un lugar muy
bonito. Hay casas antiguas y edificios
modernos. Todo es muy colorido. This fotos
shows you las personas, los animales, las
cosas y los lugares that I’m seeing.
Te extraño.
PS: How’s my español?

4. PRESENT TENSE VERBS
Present tense.4

5. EXAMPLES (POR EJEMPLO):
*Hablo (I speak,
I **am
speaking, I **do
speak) por
teléfono.
Viven (they live,
they are living,
they do live) in
Quito.
Beben (they
drink, they
are drinking,
they do drink)
mucha agua.
Present tense.5

6. REGULAR PRESENT TENSE
CONTINUED
Present tense.6
Spanish speakers often omit subject pronouns because
the verb endings indicate who the subject is. In Spanish,
subject pronouns are used for emphasis, clarification, or
contrast.

7. NOTE THE TIMELINE
Present tense.7
The ability to properly locate the desired position on the timeline is an
important skill for proper choice of tenses. So pay attention to
the timeline in our lessons and visualize it while listening, speaking,
reading or writing. After some practice you will be capable of selecting the
right tense to use much easier.
Pasado
AYER
PresentePresente
HOYHOY
Futuro
Mañana

8. VERBS: REGULAR TENSE
In order to talk about activities, you need to use
verbs. Verbs express actions or states of being. In English and
Spanish, the infinitive is the base form
of the verb. In English, the infinitive is preceded by
the word to: to study, to be. The infinitive in Spanish is
a one-word form and can be recognized by its endings:
-ar, -er, or -ir.
Present tense.8

9. TOMARAR
Present tense.9

10. PRESENT TENSE OF REGULAR ARAR VERBS
To create the forms of most regular verbs in Spanish, drop
the infinitive endings (-ar, -er, -ir). You then
add to the stem the endings that correspond to the different
subject pronouns. This diagram will help
you visualize the process by which verb forms
are created.

11. HABLARAR
Present tense.11
Habloo
Hablaa
Hablamosamos
Hablanan

12. VERBS: REGULAR TENSE/-AR

13. ¡ATENCIÓN!
¡Atención! The Spanish verbs buscar, escuchar, esperar, and
mirar do not
need to be followed by prepositions as
they do in English.
Present tense.12

14. Conjugate 5 “AR” verbs.
Write down 5 complete sentences using “AR”
verbs with its conjugation.
Write down 5 completes sentences using NO.
Play charades with your class to practice
what you have learned.
VAMOS A PRACTICAR
Let´s practice.13

15. NOW FOR –ER VERBS:
To form –er verbs, take off the –er and then add the
following endings:
comer (to eat)
-o -emos como comemos
-e -en come comen
Notice that the only difference between –er verbs and –ar
verbs is that you use e’s instead of a’s:
-ar -er
-o -amos -o -emos
-a -an -e -en

16. NOW FOR –IR VERBS. DROP THE –IR AND ADD
THE FOLLOWING ENDINGS:
abrir (to open)
-o -imos abro abrimos
-e -en abre abren
Do you see what the difference is between –er and –ir
verbs? They’re just alike except for the nosotros and
vosotros forms:
-er -ir
-o -emos -o -imos
-e -en -e -en

17. PRACTICAMOS
 Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb beber.
La señora ____________________ café con leche.
Las muchachas ____________________ una limonada.
Nosotros ____________________ limonada.
Usted ____________________ leche.
Yo ____________________ té helado.
bebe
beben
bebemos
bebes
bebo

18. PRACTICAMOS
 Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb escribir.
Yo ____________________ muchas cartas.
La profesora ____________________ el examen.
Los alumnos ____________________ con lápices.
Mariana y yo ____________________ con bolígrafos.
Tú ____________________ una carta larga.
escribo
escribe
escriben
escribimos
escribes

19. Evaluación
¡Excelente trabajo!
¿Alcanzamos (did we reach)
nuestro objetivo?
Sum up this lesson
in 2 sentences.
19 Evaluación.18