Regular IR Verbs

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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 decidir – to decide escribir – to write subir – to climb, to go up

admitir – to admit describir – to describe existir – to exist sufrir – to suffer

asistir – to attend descubrir – to discover permitir – to permit unir – to unite

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cubrir – to open discutir – to discuss recibir – to receive vivir – to live

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Practice conjugating these verbs.

abrir

admitir

discutir

yo_______________

tú _______________

él _______________

ella ______________

usted ____________

nosotros _________

nosotras _________

vosotros _________

vosotras _________

ellos ____________

ellas ____________

ustedes __________

existir

permitir

subir

yo_______________

tú _______________

él _______________

ella ______________

usted ____________

nosotros _________

nosotras _________

vosotros _________

vosotras _________

ellos ____________

ellas ____________

ustedes __________

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Fill in the blank with the correct verb form. Example: Yo __vivo__ (vivir) en un apartamento. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Yo _______________ (recibir) regalos en diciembre. Él _______________ (escribir) libros de horror. Ella _______________ (assitir) a la universidad. Nosotros no _______________ (abrir) las ventanas en enero. Ustedes _______________ (vivir) en Francia. Tú _______________ (subir) la escalera. Ellos _______________ (admitir) todo. 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: _________________________________________________ Free handout http://sites.google.com/site/englishspanishhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. Photo: Arvind Balaraman www.freedigitalphotos.net

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