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Discussing daily activities

Discussing daily activities. Present tense indicative of regular verbs. A. Uses of present tense. 1.Use the present tense to talk about activities, present events, and present habitual actions. Los chicos juegan al tenis todas las tardes. The boys play tennis every afternoon.

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Discussing daily activities

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  1. Discussing daily activities Present tense indicative of regular verbs

  2. A. Uses of present tense 1.Use the present tense to talk about activities, present events, and present habitual actions. • Los chicos juegan al tenis todas las tardes. • The boys play tennis every afternoon. • Yo soy vegetariana; no como carne. • I am vegetarian; I don’t eat meant. 2.Use it also to make a past event more vivid, especially in narration. • Einstein descubre la ley de relatividad. • Einstein discovers the law of relativity.

  3. A. Uses of present tense When discussing actions in progress at the moment of speaking, the present or present progressive may be used. • Miro a Ester y me doy cuenta de que se parece a su tía. • I look at Esther and I realize that she looks like her aunt. • Ahora estoyescribiendo una novela. • Now I am writing a novel.

  4. Note: • The present tense in Spanish has several equivalents in English: • Yo canto. • I sing.

  5. Note: • The present tense in Spanish has several equivalents in English: • Yo canto. • I do sing.

  6. Note: • The present tense in Spanish has several equivalents in English: • Yo canto. • I am singing.

  7. B. Forms • There are three major groups of verb conjugation in the present: regular verbs, irregular verbs, and stem-changing verbs. Here are the forms for the regular verbs. Irregular verbs and stem-changing verbs are on pages 16-17.

  8. Regular Verbs • To conjugate a regular verb in the present tense add these ending to the stem.

  9. Ejercicios • página 430

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