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

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

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

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

The stem of a verb is its INFINITIVE form. The infinitive is the UNCONJUGATED form of the verb. stem 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. center For example, to find the center of organizar, drop the –ar. Then you end up with organiz-

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

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

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

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

Let’s conjugate the verb necesitar. nosotros/ nosotrasnecesitamos yonecesito vosotros/ vosotrasnecesitáis túnecesitas Necesit- yo necesito = I need tú necesitas = youneed él necesita = he needs ella necesita = sheneeds usted necesita = youneed nosotros necesitamos = weneed vosotros necesitáis = y’allneed ellos necesitan = theyneed ellas necesitan = theyneed ustedes necesitan = youallneed élnecesita ellanecesita ustednecesita ellosnecesitan ellasnecesitan ustedesnecesitan necesitar

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

Does your flower look like this? nosotros/ nosotrasorganizamos yoorganizo vosotros/ vosotrasorganizáis Organiz- túorganizas yo organizo = I organize tú organizas = youorganize él organiza = he organizes ella organiza = sheorganizes usted organiza = youorganize nosotros organizamos= weorganize vosotros organizáis = y’allorganize ellos organizan= theyorganize ellas organizan= theyorganize ustedes organizan= youallorganize élorganiza ellaorganiza ustedorganiza ellosorganizan ellasorganizan ustedesorganizan organizar

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

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

ACTIVIDAD With the flower provided create a conjugation vase Use the six verbs provided(-ar, -er, -ir) Conjugate them in the flower as we did before Color and decorate them and arrange your flower conjugation vase This is a project grade 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

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