ANTE TODO You already know how to form the present tense of regular –ar verbs. You have also learned about the importance of verb forms, which change to.

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1 ANTE TODO You already know how to form the present tense of regular –ar verbs. You have also learned about the importance of verb forms, which change to show who is performing the action. Spanish has two other important verb groups, –er verbs and –ir verbs.

2 comer (to eat) escribir (to write)
Singular forms yo como escribo tú comes escribes Ud. / él / ella come escribe Plural forms nosotros/as comemos escribimos vosotros/as coméis escribís Uds. / ellos / ellas comen escriben

3 Yo escribo. –es –e –emos –éis –en
–Er and –ir verbs have very similar endings. Like –ar verbs, the yo forms of –er and –ir verbs end in –o. Yo como. Yo escribo. Except for the yo form, all of the verb endings for –er verbs begin with –e. –es –e –emos –éis –en

4 nosotros comemos vosotros coméis nosotros escribimos vosotros escribís
–Er and –ir verbs have the exact same endings, except in the nosotros/as and vosotros/as forms. nosotros comemos vosotros coméis nosotros escribimos vosotros escribís

5 Common –er and –ir verbs
–er verbs –ir verbs aprender (a + inf.) to learn abrir to open beber to drink asistir (a) to attend comer to eat compartir to share comprender to understand decidir (+ inf.) to decide correr to run describir to describe creer (en) to believe (in) escribir to write deber (+ inf.) should; must; ought to recibir to receive leer to read vivir to live

6 ¡INTÉNTALO! Provide the appropriate present tense forms of these verbs.
correr 1. Graciela _____. 2. Tú _____. 3. Yo _____. 4. Sara y Ana _____. 5. Usted _____. 6. Ustedes _____ . 7. La gente _____. 8. Marcos y yo _____ of 3 

7 ¡INTÉNTALO! Provide the appropriate present tense forms of these verbs.
abrir 1. Ellos _____ la puerta. 2. Carolina _____ la maleta. 3. Yo _____ las ventanas. 4. Nosotras _____ los libros. 5. Usted _____ el cuaderno. 6. Tú _____ la ventana. 7. Ustedes _____maletas. 8. Los muchachos _____ los cuadernos. 2 of 3 

8 ¡INTÉNTALO! Provide the appropriate present tense forms of these verbs.
aprender 1. Él _____español. 2. Maribel y yo _____ inglés. 3. Tú _____ japonés. 4. Tú y tu hermanastra ______francés. 5. Mi hijo _____chino. 6. Yo _____ alemán. 7. Usted _____inglés. 8. Nosotros _____ italiano. 3 of 3