Intro to Spanish – Guided Notes –AR Present Tense Conjugation

El Objetivo: To change a Spanish infinitive verb in order to

identify who is doing the action.

Up to this point, we have seen Spanish verbs in their ________________ form,

which means ____________________.

Now, we want to change these verbs in order to indicate _____ is doing the
_________.

What do we call this process of changing verbs? _______________________

Every Spanish verb has two parts:

1) _______________ and 2) _______________

There are 3 types of endings: _____, ______, and _____.

Anything BEFORE the ending is part of the ___________.

Example: Hablar (to talk)

Stem: _______________; Ending: _________________

In the chart below, break each Spanish infinitive verb into its
stem and ending.

Infinitive Stem Ending

Bailar (to dance)

Esuchar (to listen)

Estudiar (to study)

Practicar (to practice)

 In the chart below, fill in the Spanish subject pronouns

I= We =

________ ________

You (informal) = You all (informal) =

________ ________

He/She = They =

You (formal) = You all (formal) =

________ ________
Singular Plural
To identify who is doing the action, we need to change the infinitive
verb – we need to replace the _____ ending with a ______ ending .

In the chart above, add in the NEW endings for each Spanish subject
pronoun.
We use a simple 3 step process to identify who is doing the action.

Step 1: ________________________________________________

Step 2: ________________________________________________

Step 3: ________________________________________________

What do we call this process? __________________________

 Let’s conjugate one infinitive verb together.

Infinitive Verb: Hablar

Step 1: Step 2: Step 3:

Now, try to conjugate a verb yourself! Follow the same steps as above.

Infinitive Verb: Escuchar

Step 1: Step 2: Step 3:

 Práctica
Choose the correct form of each verb below. Write your response in the
blank provided. Remember to follow the 3 step process!

____ 1) Yo ___________ (hablar) en la clase de inglés.

a. hablas c. hablo
b. hablamos d. habla

____ 2) Ella ______________ (estudiar) para el examén de español.

a. estudiáis c. estudias
b. estudian d. estudia

____ 3) Nosotros ______________ (practicar) los deportes todos los días.

a. practicamos c. practicáis
b. practican d. practico

____ 4) Ellas ______________ (hablar) por teléfono.

a. habla c. hablo
b. hablan d. hablamos

____ 5) George and Simon _______________ (estudiar) después de la escuela.

a. estudia c. estudian
b. estudias d. estudiamos

Translate the following conjugated verbs/sentences into ENGLISH.

7) Tú hablas por teléfono: _________________

8) Nosotros estudiamos: ___________________

9) Ellos practican los deportes. : ______________________

10) Yo escucho a la música Hip Hop. : ______________________.

Translate the following ENGLISH SENTENCES into SPANISH.

11) I talk on the phone: _____________________________________________

12) You listen to music: _____________________________________________

13) We practice sports: _____________________________________________