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Summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st person present and past

I can say what I normally do and what I did in the summer.

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Summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st person present and past

I can say what I normally do and what I did in the summer.

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Key learning points

  1. The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in '-é'
  2. The 1st person singular present of -ar verbs ends in '-o'
  3. To make a sentence negative we put the negation word 'no' before the verb.

Keywords

  • -ar verbs - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -ar, e.g. 'estudiar', 'cantar'

  • Present tense - a verb tense to describe habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'

  • Preterite - a verb tense to describe completed events in the past, e.g. 'I did'

Common misconception

-AR verbs have the same ending for the 'I' form of the present and preterite tense.

In the present tense, the 1st person singular ends in '-o' and in the preterite, the 1st person singular ends in '-é'.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:amar,to love, loving
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to love, loving

Correct Answer:besar,to kiss, kissing
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to kiss, kissing

Correct Answer:cantar,to sing, singing
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to sing, singing

Correct Answer:bailar,to dance, dancing
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to dance, dancing

Correct Answer:pensar,to think, thinking
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to think, thinking

Correct Answer:usar,to use, using
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to use, using

Q2.
Match the English to the Spanish.
Correct Answer:neighbourhood,el barrio
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el barrio

Correct Answer:head,la cabeza
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la cabeza

Correct Answer:day,el día
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el día

Correct Answer:man,el hombre
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el hombre

Correct Answer:beach,la playa
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la playa

Correct Answer:problem,el problema
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el problema

Q3.
Choose the correct verb to say 'I spend a lot of time with my family': ' mucho tiempo con mi familia.'
pasar
Correct answer: paso
pasas
pasa
pasamos
Q4.
Put these months of the year in the correct order.
1 - enero
2 - febrero
3 - marzo
4 - mayo
5 - junio
6 - septiembre
7 - diciembre
Q5.
What does 'sin' mean?
Correct Answer: without
Q6.
Order the words to say in Spanish: 'I am going to go to the park'.
1 - voy
2 - a
3 - ir
4 - al
5 - parque

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Correct Answer:aprovechar,to make the most of, making the most of
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to make the most of, making the most of

Correct Answer:ayudar,to help, helping
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to help, helping

Correct Answer:pintar,to paint, painting
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to paint, painting

Correct Answer:quedar,to meet up, meeting up
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to meet up, meeting up

Correct Answer:viajar,to travel, travelling
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to travel, travelling

Correct Answer:limpiar,to clean, cleaning
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to clean, cleaning

Q2.
Match the English to the Spanish.
Correct Answer:wall,la pared
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la pared

Correct Answer:summer,el verano
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el verano

Correct Answer:free,libre
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libre

Correct Answer:last, past,pasado
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pasado

Correct Answer:un poco,a little
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a little

Correct Answer:however,sin embargo
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sin embargo

Q3.
Choose the correct adjective: 'Tengo una pared en mi casa.'
negro
negros
Correct answer: negra
negras
Q4.
Which sentences are in the preterite tense?
Limpio la casa cada día.
Correct answer: Pinté la pared de rojo.
Correct answer: El verano pasado viajé a España con mi familia.
Normalmente bailo por las tardes.
Correct answer: Quedé con mis amigos para ir al cine.
Q5.
Translate into English: 'No limpié la casa.'
Correct Answer: I didn't clean the house., I did not clean the house.
Q6.
Translate into Spanish: 'I enjoyed to the max.'
Correct Answer: Disfruté al máximo.

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