How to Conjugate Regular –AR – Er - IR Verbs in the Present Tense

to change a verb to match the subject of a sentence Conjugate:

This is a verb flower. This flower will help us learn how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense.

stem The stem of a verb is its INFINITIVE form. The infinitive is the UNCONJUGATED form of the verb. It means to _____. Examples are organizar (to organize), comer (to eat) and vivir (to live).

The center of a verb is what happens when you drop its ending. centercenter For example, to find the center of organizar, drop the –ar. Then you end up with organiz-

Just like the petals on a flower are the colorful, pretty parts, the petals on our verb flower are the same. petals

Each petal on our verb flower represents a different subject pronoun. yo tú él ella usted nosotros nosotras vosotros vosotras ellos ellas ustedes

Each subject pronoun is associated with a different ending. yo tú él ella usted nosotros nosotras vosotros vosotras ellos ellas ustedes -o -as -a -amos -áis -an

What does this all mean?! Let’s try putting it together!

Let’s conjugate the verb necesitar. necesitar yo necesito Necesit- tú necesitas él necesita ella necesita usted necesita nosotros/ nosotras necesitamos vosotros/ vosotras necesitáis ellos necesitan ellas necesitan ustedes necesitan yo necesito = I need tú necesitas = you need él necesita = he needs ella necesita = she needs usted necesita = you need nosotros necesitamos = we need vosotros necesitáis = y’all need ellos necesitan = they need ellas necesitan = they need ustedes necesitan = you all need

yo tú él ella usted nosotros/ nosotras vosotros/ vosotras ellos ellas ustedes Now try conjugating organizar. 1. What is the stem? 3. What is the center? 4. What are the different forms in each petal? 2. What does it mean?

Does your flower look like this? organizar yo organizo Organiz- tú organizas él organiza ella organiza usted organiza nosotros/ nosotras organizamos vosotros/ vosotras organizáis ellos organizan ellas organizan ustedes organizan yo organizo = I organize tú organizas = you organize él organiza = he organizes ella organiza = she organizes usted organiza = you organize nosotros organizamos= we organize vosotros organizáis = y’all organize ellos organizan= they organize ellas organizan= they organize ustedes organizan= you all organize

yo tú él ella usted nosotros/ nosotras vosotros/ vosotras ellos ellas ustedes Now try conjugating comprar. 1. What is the root? 3. What is the stem? 4. What are the different forms in each petal? 2. What does it mean?

What does your flower look like? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Bring it to class and find out if you are correct!

ACTIVIDAD 1.With the flower provided create a conjugation vase 2.Use the six verbs provided(-ar, -er, -ir) 3.Conjugate them in the flower as we did before 4.Color and decorate them and arrange your flower conjugation vase 5.This is a project grade 6.The project is individual, but every two people will share a bag containing crayons, scissors and glue. You become responsible for it and at the end of the project you must give it back. If something is missing from your bag you won’t receive credit for your work.

Flower vase project The flower vase has 6 flowers (_____ of 10 points) Each flower has a different verb (_____ of 10 points) There are two verbs of each group (_____ of 10 points) In the stem of the flower I can see the verb in infinitive. It means without conjugation (_____ of 15 points) In the center of the flower I can see the stem of the verb. It means the verb withour –ar/-er/ -ir (_____ of 15 points) In six petals I can see the six different conjugations of the verbs (one conjugation per petal) (_____ of 30 points) The flower vase is colorful and creative (_____ of 10 points) Total _____ of 100