1. -car, -gar, -zar verbs -car - gar -zar tocar sacar buscar llegar pagar jugar cazar almorzar empezar

2. -car, -gar, -zar verbs Verbs that end with –car, -gar, and –zar change spelling ONLY in the “yo” form in the preterite tense. Therefore they are “irregular” because they don’t follow the same conjugation formula as the other regular verbs

3. Verbs that end with -car -car tocar: to play instrument buscar: to look for sacar: to take out The verb endings for –ar verbs is -é -aste -ó -amos -asteis -aron

4. Verbs that end with -car -car tocar: to play instrument buscar: to look for sacar: to take out So let’s conjugate “tocar” yo: tocé problem: the sound of the conjugated verb is not consistent with the sound of the infinitive The vowel “e” makes the “c” sound soft as in words like cereal or centro o cena

5. Verbs that end with -car -car tocar: to play instrument buscar: to look for sacar: to take out So what do we have to do to make the “c” sound a “hard c” sound? tocéqué

6. Verbs that end with -car -car tocar: to play instrument buscar: to look for sacar: to take out The rest of the forms conjugate normally -toqué -tocaste -tocó -tocamos -tocasteis -tocaron

7. Now try to conjugate the other –CAR irregular verbs: BUSCAR SACAR Compare with your partner

8. Verbs that end with -gar -gar jugar: to play a sport or game llegar: to arrive pagar: to pay The verb endings for –ar verbs is -é -aste -ó -amos -asteis -aron

9. Verbs that end with -gar So let’s conjugate “jugar” yo: jugé problem: the sound of the conjugated verb is not consistent with the sound of the infinitive The vowel “e” makes the “g” sound soft as in words like Jorge or gente -gar jugar: to play a sport or game llegar: to arrive pagar: to pay

10. So what do we have to do to make the “g” sound a “hard g” sound? -gar jugar: to play a sport or game llegar: to arrive pagar: to pay Verbs that end with -gar jugégué

11. Verbs that end with -gar The rest of the forms conjugate normally -jugué -jugaste -jugó -jugamos -jugasteis -jugaron -gar jugar: to play a sport or game llegar: to arrive pagar: to pay

12. Now try to conjugate the other –GAR irregular verbs: LLEGAR PAGAR Compare with your partner

13. Verbs that end with -zar -zar almorzar: to eat lunch empezar: to begin cazar: to hunt The verb endings for –ar verbs is -é -aste -ó -amos -asteis -aron

14. Verbs that end with -zar -zar almorzar: to eat lunch empezar: to begin cazar: to hunt So let’s conjugate “almorzar” problem: Who knows? Someone decided that the “z” should be changed to a “c” in the yo form even though the “z” and the “c” sound exactly the same when followed by an vowel “e” almorzé

15. Verbs that end with -zar -zar almorzar: to eat lunch empezar: to begin cazar: to hunt So let’s conjugate “almorzar” almorzécé

16. Verbs that end with -zar -zar almorzar: to eat lunch empezar: to begin cazar: to hunt The rest of the verb conjugations are the same: -almorcé -almorzaste -almorzó -almorzamos -almorzasteis -almorzaron

17. Now try to conjugate the other –ZAR irregular verbs: EMPEZAR Compare with your partner

18. tocar llegar almorzar buscar pagar empezar sacar jugar