Summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st person present and past
I can say what I normally do and what I did in the summer.
Summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st person present and past
I can say what I normally do and what I did in the summer.
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Key learning points
- The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in '-é'
- The 1st person singular present of -ar verbs ends in '-o'
- To make a sentence negative we put the negation word 'no' before the verb.
Keywords
-ar verbs - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -ar, e.g. 'estudiar', 'cantar'
Present tense - a verb tense to describe habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'
Preterite - a verb tense to describe completed events in the past, e.g. 'I did'
Common misconception
-AR verbs have the same ending for the 'I' form of the present and preterite tense.
In the present tense, the 1st person singular ends in '-o' and in the preterite, the 1st person singular ends in '-é'.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to love, loving
to kiss, kissing
to sing, singing
to dance, dancing
to think, thinking
to use, using
el barrio
la cabeza
el día
el hombre
la playa
el problema
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to make the most of, making the most of
to help, helping
to paint, painting
to meet up, meeting up
to travel, travelling
to clean, cleaning
la pared
el verano
libre
pasado
a little
sin embargo