8th	grade	Spanish	Packet	
                 	
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                 Present	Tense	Verbs—one	of	THE	most	important	things	you	should	know	how	to	do	before	
                 you	move	on	to	Spanish	II	is	conjugate	(change)	verbs	in	the	present	tense.		We	are	going	to	
                 review	that	concept	with	–AR,	-ER,	and	–IR	verbs.	
                 	
                 Before	that	let’s	go	back	over	your	Subject	Pronouns:	
                 yo		     I	      	        	       nosotros/as		 we	
                 tú		     you	(informal)		         vosotros/as	     you	all	(only	used	in	Spain)	
                 Usted	 you	(formal)	 	            Ustedes	         you	all	(the	one	we	use)	
                 él	      he	     	        	       ellos/as	        they	
                 ella	    she	
                 	
                 -AR	Verbs	
                 	        All	–AR	verbs	in	Spanish	are	verbs	that	end	in	-AR	like	bailar.		Bailar	means	to	dance.	To	
                 conjugate	or	change	these	verbs	to	go	with	different	subjects	you	must	remove	the	ending	(-ar)	
                 and	everything	left	over	is	the	stem.		            Ex.	Bailar	–ar	=	bail	(stem)	    	        Then	you	add	
                 different	endings	based	on	the	subject	pronouns	from	above.		The	–AR	verb	endings	are:	
                 	
                 Yo	      -o	     	        	       nosotros/as		 -amos	
                 Tú	      -as	    	        	       vosotros/as	     -áis	
                 Él,	ella,	Ud.	   -a	      	       ellos/as,	Uds.		-an	
                 	
                 	        So	if	you	were	to	remove	the	–ar	from	bailar	and	add	an	–o,	it	becomes	bailo	which	now	
                 means	“I	dance”.	
                 	
                 -ER/-IR	Verbs	
                          The	good	news	is	that	the	same	process	is	used	for	–ER	and	–IR	verbs.	You	will	remove	
                 the	ending	(either	–er	or	–ir)	and	add	a	different	ending	based	on	the	subject.	More	good	
                 news?		The	–er	and	–ir	verb	endings	are	almost	EXACTLY	alike	except	the	nosotros	and	vosotros	
                 forms.		The		–ER/-IR	verb	endings	are:	
                 	
                 Yo		     -o	     	        	       nosotros/as		 -emos	(-er)	or	–imos	(-ir)	
                 Tú	      -es	    	        	       vosotros/as	     -éis	(-er)	or	–ís	(-ir)	
                 Él,	ella,	Ud.		  -e	      	       ellos/as,	Uds.	 -en	
                 	
                 	        So	if	you	were	to	remove	the	–er	from	comer	(to	eat)	and	add	an	–es,	it	becomes	comes	
                 which	now	means	“you	eat”.	
                 	
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                        Now	what	happens	if	your	subject	doesn’t	literally	use	one	of	your	subject	pronouns?	
                You	must	figure	out	which	subject	pronoun	you	would	replace	that	subject	with	and	then	
                match	up	the	verb	ending.	For	example:	
                	
                María	_________	(beber)		becomes			María	bebe	
                *Since	María	would	be	replaced	with	ella	in	a	sentence	you	would	use	the	él,	ella,	Ud.	ending	
                for	the	verb.	Since	the	verb	is	an	–er	verb	you	would	use	the	–er	verb	endings.	
                	
                More	examples:	
                María	y	yo	________	(cantar)		          	       María	y	yo	cantamos	
                María	y	Pablo	_______	(dibujar)	        	       María	y	Pablo	dibujan	
                Los	amigos	_______	(hablar)		           	       Los	amigos	hablan	
                	
                Here	is	a	vocabulary	list	of	verbs	that	you	guys	should	already	know	to	work	with:	
                	
                Bailar		 	      to	dance	       	       	       	       beber			        to	drink	       	       	       	
                cantar			       to	sing		       	       	       	       Comer		         to	eat	
                compartir	      to	share	       	       	       	       Dibujar		       to	draw	        	
                escuchar	       to	listen	      	       	       	       Escribir		      to	write	       	       	
                Hablar		        to	talk	 	      	       	       	       mirar	 	        to	watch	
                Mantener	       to	maintain	    	       	       	       nadar	 	        to	swim	
                Practicar	      to	practice	    	       	       	       responder	      to	respond	
                Sacar	 	        to	take		       	       	       	       trabajar	       to	work	
                Usar	   	       to	use	 	       	       	       	       ver	    	       to	see/watch	
                	
                *Assignment	1:	
                	       Write	a	sentence	using	each	of	the	vocabulary	verbs	above	WITHOUT	using	Me	gusta.	In	
                other	words,	each	of	the	verbs	should	be	conjugated.	
                	       For	example:		Sra.	Davis	baila	y	canta	en	el	carro.		
                	       	       												Mi	esposo	no	comparte	su	comida.	   	
                	
                	
                	
                	
                	
                	
                	
                	
                	
                	
                	
                	
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                Irregular	Verbs:	
                	       Several	verbs	in	Spanish	don’t	follow	the	normal	pattern	we	just	discussed.		These	verbs	
                are	called	irregular	and	just	have	to	be	memorized.		The	seven	most	common	irregular	verbs	in	
                the	Spanish	language	are:	
                	
                Ser	    	       to	be	 	        	       	       Tener	 	       to	have	
                Estar	 	        to	be	 	        	       	       Hay	   	       there	is/there	are	
                Gustar		        to	like	 	      	       	       Querer		       to	want	
                Ir	     	       to	go	
                	
                	       All	of	these	7	verbs	have	6	forms	each	so	it	can	be	a	lot	to	memorize!	Thankfully	we	
                have	worked	with	these	individually	so	you	should	have	a	strong	background	in	them.	Here	are	
                the	conjugations	of	the	Super	7	Irregular	verbs:	
                	
                Ser-to	be	      	       	       	       	       	      estar-to	be	
                Soy	    I	am	   	       somos	we	are		          	      estoy-I	am	     	       estamos-we	are	
                Eres	   you	are	        sois	   you	all	are	(Spain)	   estás-you	are	 	        	estáis-you	all	are	
                Es	     he/she/it	is	   son	    they	are	       	      está-he/she	is	is	      están-they	are	
                	
                Tener-to	have		         	       	       	       	      Ir-to	go		      	       	       	       	
                Tengo-I	have	 	         tenemos-we	have	        	      voy-I	go	       	       vamos-we	go	
                Tienes-you	have	        tenéis-you	all	have	    	      vas-you	go	     	       vais-you	all	go	
                Tiene-he/she/it	has	    tienen-they	have	       	      va-he/she	goes	         van-they	go	
                	
                Gustar-to	like	**	to	like	something	plural	add	an	“n”	to	gusta	
                Me	gusta-I	like		       nos	gusta-we	like	
                Te	gusta-you	like	      os	gusta-you	all	like	  	      	       Hay-there	is/there	are		
                Le	gusta-he/she	likes	 les	gusta-they	like	     	      	       (no	other	forms)	
                	
                Querer-to	want	
                Quiero-I	want		         queremos-we	want	
                Quieres-you	want	       queréis-you	all	want	
                Quiere-he/she	wants	quieren-they	want	
                	
                *Assignment	3:	
                	       Write	a	sentence	using	a	form	of	each	of	the	7	irregular	verbs.	Make	sure	you	use	the	
                conjgations.		For	example:	Tengo	un	gato	se	llama	Larry.	Me	gusta	leer.