REGULAR VERBS

What is a verb? A doing word An action

A verb is a DOING word Some examples Running Dancing Fighting Laughing

Group the following verbs: seeing eat ate see eating eaten saw sees seen eats These are called INFINITIVE verbs To eat To see

What is an INFINITIVE verb? The dictionary version The ‘title’ of the verb It means ‘TO DO’ something.

Some examples: These are the Spanish INFINITIVES as found in the dictionary: To scream gritar To fight pelear To drink beber To hear oir To cry llorar To kiss besar To suffer sufrir To open abrir To sleep dormir To write escribir To bite morder To punish castigar

How to use infinitives: Me gustaría gritar ¿Quieres pelear Voy a beber Tengo que oir llorar Me encanta besar Suelo Me gusta sufrir Después de abrir No puedo dormir escribir Odio Prefiero morder Antes de castigar

Every Spanish Infinitive belongs to one of these groups! -ar Verbs -er Verbs -ir Verbs escribir escuchar gritar comer escuchar abrir sufrir vivir practicar morder practicar besar sufrir gritar beber morder comer ver escribir abrir besar ver vivir beber Every Spanish Infinitive belongs to one of these groups!

Let’s Conjugate!! -ar Verbs -er Verbs -ir Verbs Remove these endings from the infinitives… …and put on NEW endings…. …which tell us WHO is doing the action… …and also WHEN the action takes place! …erm, pardon?? Say that again..

I said..Let’s Conjugate!! -ar Verbs -er Verbs -ir Verbs Remove these endings from the infinitives… …and put on NEW ones…. …which tell us WHO is doing the action… …and also WHEN the action takes place! Well…go on…show me!!

Watch very carefully..!!! practicar comer vivir practic o ar com er o to practise to eat to live practic o ar com er o viv o ir I You (sing.) practic as ar com es er viv es ir com e er viv e ir He / She / It practic ar a viv er imos ir We practic amos ar com emos viv ir ís practic ar ais com er You (plural) eis viv en ir They practic ar an com er en

Watch very carefully..!!! practicar comer vivir practic o ar com er o to practise to eat to live practic o ar com er o viv o ir I You (sing.) practic as ar com es er viv es ir com e er viv e ir He / She / It practic ar a viv er imos ir We practic amos ar com emos viv ir ís practic ar ais com er You (plural) eis viv en ir They practic ar an com er en

These endings tell us WHEN the action happens.... Ready for more…??!!! These endings tell us WHEN the action happens.... -ar -er -ir visit ar o com er o viv ir o to I visit to I eat to I live visit ar é com er í viv í ir to I visit ed to I eat ate to I live d visit ar aré com er eré viv ir iré I will to visit I will to eat I will to live PAST, PRESENT or FUTURE!

To sum up.. Verbs are …….. words Infinitive verbs are found in the …….. Infinitive verbs mean ‘……….’ something. All Spanish infinitives end in the letter…. There are 3 groups of Spanish verbs: ......., ……, and ……. types. Infinitive endings are replaced to tell us …..….. does the action and ………… the action is done.