CBRGCCS01

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Conjugation of Regular Verbs in Present Tense
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• The Spanish verbs end in AR, ER or IR when they
  are no conjugated. In English this form is
  called the infinitive form of a verb
• Sample caminar, vivir, beber.
• to walk, to live, to drink
• Spanish has twelve pronouns. To conjugate verbs
  in present tense we eliminate the (AR, ER, IR)
  and we add the appropriate ending for each
  pronoun.
• Sample camino el vive
• nosotros bebemos

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Verbs ending on ARTo conjugate this type verbs
we cancel the AR stem and we add these
endings.Ejemplo CAMINAR
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Verbs ending on ERTo conjugate this type verbs
we cancel the ER stem and we add these
endings. Ejemplo LEER
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Verbs ending on IR To conjugate this type verbs
we cancel the IR stem and we add these endings.
Ejemplo VIVIR
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Comparing verbs with ER AND IRThis two types of
verbs have very similar endings. Ejemplo
BEBER Y ESCRIBIR
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Ejercicios

• Práctica conjugando verbos
• http//www.studyspanish.com/verbs/index.htm
• Electronic flashcards for Spanish (General rules)
• http//www.emporia.edu/biosci/span/flshcrd.htm
• The Conjugation Trainer
• http//www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Island/9069/Co
  njugationTrainer/presbasic.html

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Created by Claudia Bedoya-Rose, Ed.M.Gateway
Community CollegeSpring 2001