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Los días de colegio: 1st person singular present tense with 'g', e.g. 'pongo'

I can talk about a typical school day using regular and irregular verbs in the present tense.

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Los días de colegio: 1st person singular present tense with 'g', e.g. 'pongo'

I can talk about a typical school day using regular and irregular verbs in the present tense.

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Key learning points

  1. [u] and [i] are weak vowels and they merge with other vowels making a single syllable.
  2. 'Contigo' is a pronoun and it means 'with you'.
  3. Some verbs have an irregular stem and add a -g- in 1st person singular, present tense: pongo, vengo, hago, digo - digo.

Keywords

  • Present tense - describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'

  • Irregular verb - a verb that does not follow the regular rules

  • Stem - part of the verb that appears in all forms

Common misconception

Verbs like poner, venir and hacer follow the rules of regular -er/-ir verbs in the present tense.

Verbs like poner, venir and hacer are irregular and add -g- in the 1st person singular present (e.g. pongo, vengo, hago, and decir - digo).


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English words.
Correct Answer:caer,to fall, falling
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to fall, falling

Correct Answer:caliente,hot
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hot

Correct Answer:el ordenador,computer
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computer

Correct Answer:el pañuelo,headscarf
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headscarf

Correct Answer:los demás,the others
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the others

Correct Answer:encima,on top of
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on top of

Q2.
Complete the sentence: The stem of the verb
appears only in the past tense.
Correct answer: appears in all forms.
is added to the infinitive.
Q3.
Match the Spanish and English verbs.
Correct Answer:venir,to come, coming
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to come, coming

Correct Answer:salir,to go out, going out
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to go out, going out

Correct Answer:poner,to put, putting
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to put, putting

Correct Answer:tener,to have, having
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to have, having

Correct Answer:decir,to say, saying
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to say, saying

Correct Answer:oír,to hear, hearing
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to hear, hearing

Q4.
Match the Spanish verb endings with the correct person.
Correct Answer:-o,I
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I

Correct Answer:-es,you (singular)
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you (singular)

Correct Answer:-e,she, he, it
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she, he, it

Q5.
Put the times in chronological order (earliest first).
1 - a las ocho menos cuarto
2 - a las ocho
3 - a las ocho y cuarto
4 - a las ocho y media
Q6.
'Welcome to my school!' Which words are needed to translate this sentence?
Correct answer: bienvenidos
Correct answer: a
Correct answer: mi
Correct answer: colegio
ayuntamiento

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English words.
Correct Answer:cómodo,comfortable
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comfortable

Correct Answer:emocionante,exciting
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exciting

Correct Answer:el recreo,breaktime
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breaktime

Correct Answer:la sala,room, hall
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room, hall

Correct Answer:la tarde,afternoon, evening
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afternoon, evening

Correct Answer:digo,I say
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I say

Q2.
Which of the following words contain two vowels pronounced in the same syllable?
Correct answer: obligatorio
idea
Correct answer: funcionar
Correct answer: acuesto
Correct answer: provincia
Q3.
What does 'escribe' mean?
you write
I write
Correct answer: she, he, it writes
to write, writing
Q4.
How do you say 'you learn'?
Correct Answer: aprendes, Aprendes
Q5.
Which verbs end in '-go' in the first person singular form?
Correct answer: salir
beber
ser
Correct answer: venir
Correct answer: tener
Q6.
How do you say 'I put'?
Correct answer: pongo
poner
pones
pone
pono

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