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Exercise A1
Regular verbs. Type in the verb in the present tense.
- Hoy Luis y María (comer) con nosotros.[Today Luis and María are eating with us.]|verb ending in er, 3rd person plural → …en
- ¿Desde cuándo (cantar/tú) en el coro?[Since when do you sing in the chorus?]|verb ending in ar, 2nd person singular → …as
- (sacudir/yo) el mantel.[I shake out the tablecloth.]|verb ending in ir, 1st person singular → …o
- (patinar/nosotros) como profesionales.[We skate like experts.]|verb ending in ar, 1st person plural → …amos
- Estos niños (toser) continuamente.[These children are constantly coughing.]|verb ending in er, 3rd person plural → …en
Irregular verbs. Type in the verbs in the present tense.
- Mañana (venir/yo) a buscarte.[I’ll pick you up tomorrow.]|We add a g before the ending in the 1st person singular.
- Primero (cocer/tú) la carne.[First, you cook the meat.]|In the singular and the 3rd person plural, the root vowel changes (o → ue).|see List of irregular verbs
- Andrés (sustituir) a la maestra.[Andrés substitutes for the teacher.]|For verbs ending in uir, we have to add a y before endings that don’t start with i.
- ¿Por qué no (cerrar/ellos) la ventana?[Why don’t they close the window?]|In the singular and the 3rd person plural, the root vowel changes (e → ie).|see List of irregular verbs
- (tener/yo) que hacer la compra.[I have to go shopping.]|We add a g before the ending in the 1st person singular.
All verbs. Type in the verbs in the present tense.
- Esta mañana (acabar/nosotros) el trabajo.[We’ll finish the work this morning.]|regular verb ending in ar
- ¡Tampoco (conducir/yo) tan mal![I’m not that bad a driver either!]|For verbs that end in ducir, we add a z before the c in the 1st person singular.
- El profesor (evaluar) a los alumnos.[The teacher grades the pupils.]|verb ending in uar: for many verbs ending in uar, we have to add an accent on the u in the singular and the 3rd person plural.
- (dirigir/yo) la orquesta.[I conduct the orchestra.]|To preserve the pronunciation, the g becomes a j in the 1st person singular.
- (llamarse/ellos) Cristina y Pedro.[They call Cristina and Pedro.]|regular verb ending in ar