At school: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular preterite
Learning outcomes
I can use -er/-ir verbs to talk about what I did and do at school.
I can use accents correctly on words whose final syllable is stressed.
At school: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular preterite
Learning outcomes
I can use -er/-ir verbs to talk about what I did and do at school.
I can use accents correctly on words whose final syllable is stressed.
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Key learning points
- If the final syllable is stressed and the word ends in a vowel or 'n' or 's' there is an accent on the final vowel.
- The 1st person singular of -er and -ir verbs in preterite ends in -í, e.g. 'describí'.
- The 1st person singular of -er and -ir verbs in present ends in -o, e.g.' describo'.
Keywords
Preterite - describes completed events in the past, e.g. 'I did'
Present - describes habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'
Common misconception
-er and -ir verbs have different endings in the preterite.
-er and -ir verbs share the same endings in the preterite. The 'I' form of both -er and -ir verbs is -í.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
cenar
hablar
ayudar
trabajar
aprender
to sleep, sleeping
to write, writing
to decide, deciding
to hand out, handing out
to go, going
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to share, sharing
to describe, describing
to print, printing
to choose, choosing
el diálogo
corto, corta
largo, larga
finalmente