Verbs With Spelling Changes in the Present Tense P. 449 Realidades 2.

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2 Verbs With Spelling Changes in the Present Tense P. 449 Realidades 2

3 Present Tense Spell-Change Verbs Remember that some verbs have spelling changes in the present tense to preserve the pronunciation of the infinitive in the conjugated forms.

4 Present Tense Spell-Change Verbs Remember that g has a hard or soft sound depending on the vowel that follows it.

5 Present Tense Spell-Change Verbs To maintain the soft consonant sound before the vowel o, verbs that end in -ger, like escoger and recoger, change from g to j in the present-tense yo form.

6 Present Tense Spell-Change Verbs Recojo basura en la calle y la tiro en el basurero. Otras personas no la recogen.

7 Present Tense Spell-Change Verbs In the present-tense yo form of verbs like seguir and conseguir, the silent u used in the infinitive and other forms in which the g is followed by e or i is dropped to preserve the sound of g as in get.

8 Present Tense Spell-Change Verbs En el jardin botánico, algunos turistas siguen a una guía por los senderos. Yo no la sigo; prefiero caminar solo.

9 Present Tense Spell-Change Verbs Verbs like enviar and esquiar have an accent mark on the i in all present-tense forms except nosotros and vosotros.

10 Present Tense Spell-Change Verbs Enviamos cartas a las compañías que destruyen los árboles. Yo también envio mensajes por correo electrónico.