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Bolivia: -er and -ir verbs 3rd person singular and plural

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I can read and understand a more challenging text about Bolivia.

I can pronounce words with the sounds [l] and [ll] correctly.

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Bolivia: -er and -ir verbs 3rd person singular and plural

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I can read and understand a more challenging text about Bolivia.

I can pronounce words with the sounds [l] and [ll] correctly.

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Key learning points

  1. The SSC [l] is pronounced as in the word 'libro' and [ll] as in the word 'llamar'.
  2. The present tense of -er/-ir verbs in 3rd person singular ends in -e.
  3. The present tense of -er/-ir verbs in 3rd person plural ends in -en.

Keywords

  • -er verb - verbs whose infinitive ends in -er, e.g. 'crecer'

  • -ir verbs - verbs whose infinitive ends in -ir, e.g. 'existir'

Common misconception

The 3rd person endings for -IR verbs include 'i', as -ER end in 'e' and 'en' and -AR verbs end in 'a' and 'an'.

-IR verbs have the same present tense endings as -ER verbs.


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4 Questions

Q1.
Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
1 - trece
2 - catorce
3 - quince
4 - dieciséis
5 - diecisiete
6 - dieciocho
7 - diecinueve
Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:calor (m),heat
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heat

Correct Answer:cambio (m),change
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change

Correct Answer:cine (m),cinema
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cinema

Correct Answer:cerrado,closed
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closed

Correct Answer:en cambio,in exchange
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in exchange

Correct Answer:cambiar,to change, changing
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to change, changing

Q3.
Write in English: 'Mis amigos son amables'.
Correct Answer: My friends are kind., My friends are nice.
Q4.
Order the words to say: 'The country has twenty official languages'.
1 - el
2 - país
3 - tiene
4 - veinte
5 - idiomas
6 - oficiales

6 Questions

Q1.
Which Spanish words include the [ll] sound?
book
Correct answer: key
word
Correct answer: to call, calling
to go out, going out
Q2.
Which verb means 'she, he, it says'?
decir
digo
dices
Correct answer: dice
dicen
Q3.
Third person plural verbs in the present tense end in -an for -ar verbs, -en for -er verbs, and for -ir verbs.
Correct Answer: -en, en
Q4.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:altura (f),height
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height

Correct Answer:clima (m),weather, climate
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weather, climate

Correct Answer:frontera (f),border, frontier
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border, frontier

Correct Answer:lluvia (f),rain
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rain

Correct Answer:paisaje (m),landscape
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landscape

Correct Answer:vida (f),life
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life

Q5.
Write in Spanish: 'The languages are disappearing'.
Correct Answer: Los idiomas desaparecen.
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'The jungle is growing'.
Correct Answer: La selva crece.

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