Regular IR Verbs (Spanish)

English-Spanish Helpful Handouts Page 1 of 3 Free handout http://sites.google.com/site/englishspanishhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. Photo: Arvind Balaraman www.freedigitalphotos.net Regular IR Verbs The Spanish infinitive, or base form of the verb, is divided into two parts: the stem and the ending. Many verbs end in ir. The verb escribir (to write) can be divided into the stem and base: escrib + ir. In order to conjugate a verb, you must change the ending in order to make the verb agree with the subject. To conjugate a regular ir verb, drop the ir ending and add one of the following: o, es, e, imos, ís, en. Here is the present tense conjugation of escribir : yo escribo tú escribes él escribe ella escribe usted escribe nosotros escribimos nosotras escribimos vosotros escribís vosotras escribís ellos escriben ellas escriben ustedes escriben Here are some verbs that follow the regular IR verb conjugation pattern: abrir – to open admitir – to admit asistir – to attend cubrir – to open decidir – to decide describir – to describe descubrir – to discover discutir – to discuss escribir – to write existir – to exist permitir – to permit recibir – to receive subir – to climb, to go up sufrir – to suffer unir – to unite vivir – to live English-Spanish Helpful Handouts Page 2 of 3 Free handout http://sites.google.com/site/englishspanishhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. Photo: Arvind Balaraman www.freedigitalphotos.net Regular IR Verbs Practice conjugating these verbs. yo_______________tú _______________él _______________ella ______________usted ____________nosotros _________nosotras _________vosotros _________vosotras _________ ellos ____________ellas ____________ustedes __________abriryo_______________tú _______________él _______________ella ______________usted ____________nosotros _________nosotras _________vosotros _________vosotras _________ ellos ____________ellas ____________ustedes __________admitiryo_______________tú _______________él _______________ella ______________usted ____________nosotros _________nosotras _________vosotros _________vosotras _________ ellos ____________ellas ____________ustedes __________discutiryo_______________tú _______________él _______________ella ______________usted ____________nosotros _________nosotras _________vosotros _________vosotras _________ ellos ____________ellas ____________ustedes __________existiryo_______________tú _______________él _______________ella ______________usted ____________nosotros _________nosotras _________vosotros _________vosotras _________ ellos ____________ellas ____________ustedes __________permitiryo_______________tú _______________él _______________ella ______________usted ____________nosotros _________nosotras _________vosotros _________vosotras _________ ellos ____________ellas ____________ustedes __________subirEnglish-Spanish Helpful Handouts Page 3 of 3 Free handout http://sites.google.com/site/englishspanishhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. Photo: Arvind Balaraman www.freedigitalphotos.net Regular IR Verbs Fill in the blank with the correct verb form. Example: Yo __vivo__ (vivir) en un apartamento. 1. Yo _______________ (recibir) regalos en diciembre. 2. Él _______________ (escribir) libros de horror. 3. Ella _______________ (assitir) a la universidad. 4. Nosotros no _______________ (abrir) las ventanas en enero. 5. Ustedes _______________ (vivir) en Francia. 6. Tú _______________ (subir) la escalera. 7. Ellos _______________ (admitir) todo. 8. Ellas _______________ (cubrir) las mesas. Numbered Letter Blocks Instructions: Read the English sentence. Translate the sentence to Spanish. Read the letter blocks. Put the blocks in numerical order to match the Spanish translation. Example: English: They (familiar, feminine, plural) go up. Spanish: ___Vosotras subís.___ 1. s o 2. t r 3. V o 4. s 5. í s. 6. u b 7. a s Numerical Order Of Letter Blocks: ___3, 1, 2, 7, 4, 6, 5___ 1 English: We exist. Spanish: ______________________________________________________________________ 1. s o 2. t r 3. s t 4. o s. 5. e 6. N o 7. i m 8. x i 9. o s Numerical Order Of Letter Blocks: __________________________________________________ 2 English: They (masculine) discover. Spanish: ______________________________________________________________________ 1. E l 2. s 3. l o 4. s c 5. r e 6. d e 7. n. 8. u b Numerical order of Letter Blocks: _________________________________________________ 3 English: You (formal, singular) permit. Spanish: ______________________________________________________________________ 1. e. 2. d 3. t e 4. r m 5. p e 6. U s 7. i t Numerical order of Letter Blocks: _________________________________________________