THE PRESENT TENSE. The present tense is used to talk about something that is happening now Eg. I prepare the dinner. He plays tennis.

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2 THE PRESENT TENSE. The present tense is used to talk about something that is happening now Eg. I prepare the dinner. He plays tennis.

3 What is a verb? A verb is a doing word. It expresses an action. Here are some verbs in English. To kick. To dance. To play.

4 PICK OUT THE VERB? The tall boy sits on the fence. I spit on cats. The small girl with the blond hair is crying. He is big. I do my homework every night. She enjoys swimming.

5 ALL VERBS CAN BE DONE BY THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE- I YO YOU (S) TÚ HE / SHE/YOU ÉL / ELLA/Vd. WE NOSOTROS YOU (PL) VOSOTROS THEY/YOU ELLOS / ELLAS/Vdes

6 There are 3 types of verbs in Spanish. All verbs end in – - ar such as COMPRAR (to buy) - er such as COMER (to eat) - ir such as VIVIR (to live) -ar is the most common verb ending in Spanish.

7 THE INFINITIVE. THE WHOLE OF THE VERB, INCLUDING THE ENDING (-AR –ER -IR ) IS CALLED THE INFINITIVE. THIS IS WHAT YOU FIND IN THE DICTIONARY. TO TURN THE INFINITIVE INTO THE PRESENT TENSE DO THE FOLLOWING:

8 Los verbos en -ar -ar verbs

9 THE PRESENT TENSE OF REGULAR VERBS IS EASY TO FORM. YOU TAKE THE INFINITIVE ( ENDING AR, ER, IR ) YOU TAKE OFF THE AR,ER,OR IR ENDING YOU ADD THE FOLLOWING ENDINGS ACCORDING TO WHO IS DOING THE VERB. YO TÚTÚ ÉL / ELLA NOSOTROS VOSOTROS ELLOS / ELLAS COMPRO COMPRAS COMPRA COMPRAMOS COMPRÁIS COMPRAN

10 Can you do it? Yo..................................... una camisa. Nosotros.................................. turrón. Ella................................... un sombrero. Y tú, ¿ qué..........................................? compro compramos compra compras

11 Un poco más de práctica HABLAR - TO TALK / TO SPEAK. Yo.................................... inglés. María y Pedro.................................... español. Nosotros..................................... e spañol. Carlos..................................... inglés. hablo hablan hablamos habla

12 Y ahora otro verbo... TRABAJAR él............................ en un bar. ellos........................................... en un polideportivo. yo............................... en una oficina de turismo. ella................................... en un banco. trabaja trabajan trabajo trabaja

13 IN SPANISH THEY DO NOT NORMALLY USE YO, TÚ, ÉL etc. THIS IS BECAUSE THE VERB ENDING TELLS YOU WHO IS DOING THE VERB. THINK ABOUT: ME LLAMO VIVO QUIERO

14 EMPAREJA WE LISTEN BAILAS THEY CHAT ESTORNUDA I STUDY ESCUCHAMOS SHE SNEEZES ESTUDIO YOU DANCE CHARLAN

15 EMPAREJA WE LISTEN ESCUCHAMOS THEY CHAT CHARLAN I STUDY ESTUDIO SHE SNEEZES ESTORNUDA YOU DANCE BAILAS

16 Los verbos en -er -er verbs

17 -er verbs are conjugated like this: YO TÚ ÉL/ELLA/USTED NOSOTROS VOSOTROS ELLOS COMO COMES COME COMEMOS COMÉIS COMEN

18 CAN YOU CONJUGATE THIS – ER VERB BEBER –TO DRINK. I DRINK COFFEE ( YO )……….. CAFÉ HE DRINKS TEA ( ÉL )…...….. TÉ YOU DRINK WATER ( TÚ )………. AGUA THEY DRINK WINE ( ELLOS ) ……….. VINO bebo bebe bebes beben

19 -ir verbs are conjugated like this: YO TÚ ÉL/ELLA/USTED NOSOTROS VOSOTROS ELLOS VIVO VIVES VIVE VIVIMOS VIVÍS VIVEN

20 The present tense Person-ar endings-er endings-ir endings yoooo túases él/ella/ustedaee nosotrosamosemosimos vosotrosáiséisís Ellos/ellas ustedes anen

21 HABLAR: TO SPEAK COMER: TO EAT VIVIR: TO LIVE Escribe en español: (usa la tabla) I live in Chelmsford We eat grapes I speak Spanish. He lives in Spain. I eat a lot. We speak English. (Yo)Vivo en Chemsford. (Nosotros)Comemos uvas. (Yo) Hablo español. (El) vive en España. (Yo) como mucho. (Nosotros) hablamos inglés.