Latin American women in NASA: -ar, -er, -ir verbs 3rd person plural preterite
I can use present and preterite tense verbs to talk about Latin American women in NASA.
- Year 9
Latin American women in NASA: -ar, -er, -ir verbs 3rd person plural preterite
I can use present and preterite tense verbs to talk about Latin American women in NASA.
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Key learning points
- In Spanish, the accent can change the meaning of a verb from the present to the past, e.g. 'hablo', 'habló'.
- In Spanish, verb endings change depending on when the action takes place and who the verb refers to.
- To conjugate -ar verbs for 'they,' remove -ar and add -an for the present tense or -aron for the preterite tense.
- For -er/-ir verbs, for 'they,' remove -er/-ir and add -en for the present tense or -ieron for the preterite tense.
Keywords
Simple present - a tense used to describe habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'
Preterite tense - a tense used for events completed in the past, e.g. 'I did'
Common misconception
All verbs (including -er and -ir) use -an in the present and -aron in the preterite to mean 'they'.
To conjugate -ar verbs for 'they', remove -ar and add -an for the present tense or -aron for the preterite tense. However, to conjugate -er/-ir verbs for 'they', remove -ar and add -en for the present tense or -ieron for the preterite tense.
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Q1.Which words are verbs?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
