What is a VERB?. What is the IMPERFECT TENSE? Ahora no practico mucho deporte porque ya no me interesa pero antes practicaba el atletismo.

Presentación del tema: "What is a VERB?. What is the IMPERFECT TENSE? Ahora no practico mucho deporte porque ya no me interesa pero antes practicaba el atletismo."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 What is a VERB?

2 What is the IMPERFECT TENSE?

3 Ahora no practico mucho deporte porque ya no me interesa pero antes practicaba el atletismo.

4 There are 3 types of verb in Spanish -AR -ER -IR -AR e.g. hablar -ER e.g. leer -IR e.g. vivir

5 When the verb has the –AR, -ER, -IR ending it is called the INFINITIVE. The infinitive means TO …… Hablar = to speak Leer = to read Vivir = to live

6 What is the INFINITIVE?

7 Find the following verbs in Spanish in the dictionary. Is each verb –AR, -ER or –IR? 1)to invite 2)to introduce 3)to prefer 4)to reduce 5)to break 6)to dress invitar presentar preferir reducir romper vestir

8 The STEM of the verb

9 When the verb has the –AR, -ER, -IR ending it is called the INFINITIVE. Hablar = habl_ Leer = le_ Vivir = viv_ When you remove the –AR, -ER, -IR it becomes THE STEM.

10 What is the imperfect tense? The imperfect tense describes what someone WAS doing or what you USED to do. Examples: I was playing football OR I used to play football

11 The imperfect tense I was talking / I used to talk I was eating / I used to eat I was living / I used to live

12 The INFINITIVE The STEM of the verb - SPEAK - EAT - LIVE HABLAR / HABL__ COMER / COM__ VIVIR / VIV__

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16 Hola, ¿qué tal? Me llamo Marc Muniesa Martínez Dorsal y soy de Lloret de Mar que está en la costa al norte de Barcelona. Cuando era más joven practicaba mucho deporte. Me encantaba el atletismo, la natación y, claro, jugaba al fútbol casi todos los días. Ahora juego como defensa en el Barça.

17 Now make up a similar text about yourself. Make up bits if you need to!