St. Aloysius School Spanish

Verbs: A Review

All Verbs have person and number.

First Person Second Person Third Person

Singular

Plural

I You He, She, It

We You-all They

Regular verbs. To form the present indicative of regular verbs, drop the infinitive ending (-ar, -er, or -ir) and add the endings given below:

-ar

-er

-ir

hablar (to speak)

comer (to eat)

vivir (to live)

hablo

hablamos

como

comemos

vivo

vivimos

hablas

habláis

comes

coméis

vives

vivís

habla

hablan

come

comen

vive

viven

La Señora de Guadalupe

A List of Regular Verbs Abrir ..........................................................to open Andar ............................................. to walk / to go Aprender .................................................. to learn arreglar .............. to fix / to arrange / to straighten asistir a ...................................................to attend ayudar a .....................................................to help bailar ....................................................... to dance beber ........................................................ to drink buscar .................................................. to look for calificar ....................................................to grade cambiar ................................................. to change cantar ......................................................... to sing charlar ....................................................... to chat cocinar ......................................................to cook comer ........................................................... to eat completar ........................................... to complete comprar ..................................................... to buy conjugar ............................................ to conjugate contestar ............................................... to answer continuar ............................................ to continue correr .......................................................... to run cortar .......................................................... to cut coser ........................................................... to sew crear ........................................................ to create creer ...................................... to think / to believe cruzar ....................................................... to cross deber ..................... "should" "ought to" or to owe decidir .................................................... to decide dejar .............................................. to leave / to let describir .............................................. to describe desear ....................................... to want / to desire dibujar ..................................................... to draw discutir .................................................. to discuss disfrutar ...................................................to enjoy enseñar ..................................................... to teach entrar ....................................................... to enter escribir ..................................................... to write escuchar ................................................... to listen esperar ...................... to wait / to hope / to expect estudiar .................................................... to study firmar ......................................................... to sign fumar ..................................................... to smoke ganar .............................. to win / to earn / to gain gastar ....................................... to spend / to waste gozar (de infinitive) ................................to enjoy gritar ........................................ to scream / to yell hablar ......................................... to talk / to speak lavar ......................................................... to wash

leer ............................................................. to read llamar ......................................................... to call llegar ....................................................... to arrive llevar ......................................... to wear / to carry llorar ........................................................... to cry luchar ................. to fight / to struggle / to wrestle mandar ..................................................... to send manejar .................................................... to drive mirar ........................................ to look / to watch molestar ................................ to bother / to annoy montar ............................................ to ride (bike) nadar ........................................................to swim necesitar .................................................... to need olvidar ..................................................... to forget orar ........................................................... to pray organizar ........................................... to organize pagar ...........................................................to pay participar ........................................ to participate pasar ..................................to pass by / to happen pegar ............................................................ to hit permitir .................................. to permit / to allow pescar ......................................................... to fish pintar ....................................................... to paint platicar .......................................................to chat practicar ..............................................to practice preguntar .................................................... to ask preparar .............................................. to prepare prometer ............................................. to promise quitar ................................................... to remove recibir ................................................... to receive regresar ................................................... to return repasar .................................................. to review respetar ................................................. to respect responder .............................................to respond romper .................................................... to break sacar ................. to take (out) / to get (something) saludar ..................................................... to greet terminar .................................................. to finish tocar ................... to touch / to play an instrument tomar ................................... to take (in) / to drink trabajar .................................................... to work tratar (de) ............................................. to try (to) usar ............................................................. to use vender ......................................................... to sell viajar ....................................................... to travel visitar ........................................................ to visit vivir ............................................................ to live votar .......................................................... to vote

Los Ejercicios

Nombre: Fecha: Clase:

Translate each of the following:

1. The boy lives in the house.

12.You need to study.

2. The girl studies Spanish.

13.Jesus and Mary pray to God the Father.

3. She talks with the boy. 4. The cat runs from the dog. 5. The children eat tacos. 6. The black cow continues to read. 7. Ten students run in the school. 8. Five old women scream at the children.

14.The grandfather eats enchiladas. 15.I believe in one God. 16.You teach me to dance. 17.Do not cry, ¡she lives! (Subject here is “you” as implied.) 18.I am waiting for you. 19.Please, do not eat the meat.

9. The tall girl washes the brown cat. 10.The young man paints the house blue.

20.We do not swim in milk. 21.He respects his mother. 22.I am teaching my dog to sing.

11.We pray to Jesus to help.