Present Tense ER Verb Conjugation

Academic Vocab Infinitive: The base form of a verb. When translated, it always includes “TO” + the action. Correr – To run

Verbs in Spanish end in “AR”, “ER”, or “IR.” For example, think back to when we talked about activities we enjoyed. We always added an infinitive after “Me gusta.” Me gusta correr. I like to run

Academic Vocab Conjugate: To break down a verb infinitive into each subject form. In English, you would conjugate TO TALK as: I talk, you talk, he/she talks, we talk, they talk.

Verbs in Spanish end in “AR”, “ER”, or “IR.” When you conjugate a verb in Spanish, you add a new verb ending to the verb stem.

COMER Stem: the part of the verb that does not change when you add the verb ending.

For “regular” verbs without any spelling changes, you express the subject “I” by dropping the last two letters (ER) and replacing them with an “o,” the verb ending for “YO.”

O Start with the infinitive: COMER Now, drop the “ER” To eat And replace it with an “O” Yo como galletas.= I eat cookies. YO

Yo como Stem: the part of the verb that does not change. Subject pronoun: Tells us who does the action. Verb ending: the suffix you add to match the subject.

O Try again with another ER verb: BEBER Drop the “ER” To drink And replace it with an “O” Yo bebo café = I drink coffee YO

For regular verbs that end in ER, the ending of the “tú” form is “ES,” but we follow the same process.

ES Start with the infinitive: COMER Now, drop the “ER” To eat And replace it with an “ES” Tú comes = You eat/ Do you eat ¿Tú comes tomates? = Do you eat tomatoes?

ES Start with the infinitive: BEB ER Drop the “ER” To drink And replace it with an “ES” Tú bebes = You drink/Do you drink

¿Tú comes hamburguesas? Sí, yo como hamburguesas.

For regular verbs that end in ER, the ending of the “él, ella and usted” form is “E,” and we follow the same process.

E Start with the infinitive: COMER Now, drop the “ER” To eat And replace it with an “E” Él come = He eats ÉL

E Try again with another ER verb: CORRER Drop the “ER” To run And replace it with an “E” Ella corre = She runs ELLA Maria corre = Maria runs

E Try again with another ER verb: LEER Drop the “ER” To read And replace it with an “E” Usted lee = You read/Do you read USTED

Singular ER verb conjugation SingularPlural Yo - o Tú - es Él - e Ella - e Usted - e

For regular verbs that end in ER, the ending of the “nosotros” and “nosotras” form is “EMOS,” and we follow the same process as with the singular forms.

EMOS Start with the infinitive: COMER Now, drop the “ER” To eat And replace it with an “EMOS” Nosotros comemos hamburguesas. = We (boys/co-ed) eat hamburgers. Tomás y yo comemos cereal. = Thomas and I eat cereal. nosotros

For regular verbs that end in ER, the ending of the “ellos, ellas and ustedes” form is “EN,” and we follow the same process as singular verbs.

EN Start with the infinitive: BEBER Now, drop the “ER” To drink And replace it with an “EN” Ellos beben = They (boys/co-ed) drink. Juan y Juanita beben refrescos = Juan and Juanita drink sodas. ELLOS

Singular ER verb conjugation SingularPlural Yo - o Tú - es Él - e Ella - e Usted - e Nosotros - emos Nosotras - emos Ellos - en Ellas - en Ustedes - en

Now, write out the full conjugation of the verb “BEBER.” Include subject pronouns and translations. It should look exactly like the grid below. SingularPlural Yo bebo – I drinkNosotros bebemos – We drink (boys/co-ed) Nosotras bebemos – We drink (girls) Tú bebes – You drink (informal) XXXXXXXXX Él bebe – He drinks Ella bebe – She drinks Usted bebe – You drink (formal) Ellos beben – They drink (boys/co-ed) Ellas beben – They drink (girls) Ustedes beben – You all drink BEBER – To drink

Regular verbs that end in IR have the same conjugation pattern as ER verbs... EXCEPT for the Nosotros/as form.

Singular ER verb conjugation SingularPlural Yo - o Tú - es Él - e Ella - e Usted - e Nosotros - imos Nosotras - imos Ellos - en Ellas - en Ustedes - en

Now, write out the full conjugation of the verb “COMPARTIR.” Include subject pronouns and translations. It should look exactly like the grid below. SingularPlural Yo comparto – I shareNosotros compartimos – We share (boys/co-ed) Nosotras compartimos – We share (girls) Tú compartes – You share (informal) XXXXXXXXX Él comparte – He shares Ella comparte – She shares Usted comparte – You share (formal) Ellos comparten – They share (boys/co-ed) Ellas comparten – They share (girls) Ustedes comparten – You all share Compartir – To share

Por ejemplo... Mi madre y yo compartimos una ensalada. My mom and I share a salad. ¿Tú compartes tus galletas? Do you share your cookies? Yo comparto mi cereal con mi hermana. I share my cereal with my sister.

And now… a list of question words! Who - Quién What - Qué Where - Dónde When - Cuándo Which - Cuál

¿Qué comes para desayuno? What do you eat for breakfast? ¿Cuándo comes desayuno? When do you eat breakfast? ¿Quién comes desayuno? Who eats breakfast? ¿Dónde comes desayuno? Where do you eat breakfast?

Write the SUBJECT of each verb phrase. Vamos a practicar...

Como Yo

Come Él, Ella or Usted

Compartimos Nosotros or Nosotras

Comen Ellos, Ellas or Ustedes

Bebes Tú

Bebemos Nosotros or Nosotras

Now, CONJUGATE the verb based on the subject. Write both the subject and the conjugated verb. Ex. Correr (Tú) = Tú corres

Beber Ella Ella bebe

Correr Nosotros Nosotros corremos

Comer Tú Tú comes

Compartir Ellos Ellos comparten

Leer (to read) Usted Usted Lee

Escribir (to write) Ustedes Ustedes escriben

Vivir (to live) Yo Yo vivo

Beber Tú Tú bebes

Comer Él Él come

Contra el ratón Fill in the blank with the conjugated form of BEBER or COMER before Speedy reaches his hole in the wall!

Yo ___ el yogur. como 1

Ella ___ el agua. bebe 2

Nosotros ___ los refrescos bebemos 3

Ustedes ___ el cereal. comen 4

¿Tú ___ los huevos? bebes 5

Él ___ café con leche. bebe 6

Tom y Jerry ___ perros calientes. comen 7

Mi amigo y yo ___ el té bebemos 8

Yo ___ la limonada. bebo 9

¿ ___ usted un sandwich en almuerzo? come 10

Romeo y Juliet ___ el té helado. beben 11