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At school: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular preterite

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I can use -er/-ir verbs to talk about what I did and do at school.

I can use accents correctly on words whose final syllable is stressed.

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At school: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular preterite

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I can use -er/-ir verbs to talk about what I did and do at school.

I can use accents correctly on words whose final syllable is stressed.

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Key learning points

  1. If the final syllable is stressed and the word ends in a vowel or 'n' or 's' there is an accent on the final vowel.
  2. The 1st person singular of -er and -ir verbs in preterite ends in -í, e.g. 'describí'.
  3. The 1st person singular of -er and -ir verbs in present ends in -o, e.g.' describo'.

Keywords

  • Preterite - describes completed events in the past, e.g. 'I did'

  • Present - describes habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'

Common misconception

-er and -ir verbs have different endings in the preterite.

-er and -ir verbs share the same endings in the preterite. The 'I' form of both -er and -ir verbs is -í.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the English and Spanish.
Correct Answer:to have dinner, having dinner,cenar
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cenar

Correct Answer:to speak, speaking,hablar
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hablar

Correct Answer:to help, helping,ayudar
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ayudar

Correct Answer:to work, working,trabajar
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trabajar

Correct Answer:to learn, learning,aprender
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aprender

Q2.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Correct Answer:dormir,to sleep, sleeping
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to sleep, sleeping

Correct Answer:escribir,to write, writing
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to write, writing

Correct Answer:decidir,to decide, deciding
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to decide, deciding

Correct Answer:repartir,to hand out, handing out
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to hand out, handing out

Correct Answer:ir,to go, going
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to go, going

Q3.
Order the pronouns: I, you, he, she, we, they.
1 - yo
2 -
3 - él
4 - ella
5 - nosotros, nosotras
6 - ellos, ellas
Q4.
'I do my homework before sleeping.' Choose the correct translation.
Hago mis deberes después de dormir.
Haces mis deberes antes de dormir.
Haces mis deberes después de dormir.
Correct answer: Hago mis deberes antes de dormir.
Hacer mis deberes antes de dormir.
Q5.
' las respuestas después de dar mi actividad al profesor.' Choose the correct verb.
Cené
Hablé
Ayudé
Correct answer: Miré
Trabajé
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'I learned'.
Correct Answer: Aprendé., Yo aprendé.

6 Questions

Q1.
If the final syllable of a word is stressed and the word ends in , there is an accent on the final vowel.
n or s
a consonant other than n or s
Correct answer: a vowel, n or s
a vowel
Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:compartir,to share, sharing
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to share, sharing

Correct Answer:describir,to describe, describing
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to describe, describing

Correct Answer:imprimir,to print, printing
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to print, printing

Correct Answer:elegir,to choose, choosing
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to choose, choosing

Q3.
Match the English and Spanish.
Correct Answer:dialogue,el diálogo
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el diálogo

Correct Answer:short,corto, corta
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corto, corta

Correct Answer:long,largo, larga
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largo, larga

Correct Answer:finally,finalmente
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finalmente

Q4.
Which verb means 'I choose?'
elegir
Correct answer: elijo
elegí
Q5.
Write in English: 'Describí el libro'.
Correct Answer: I described the book.
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'I shared the answers.'
Correct Answer: Compartí las respuestas., Yo compartí las respuestas.

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