How to Conjugate

Regular –AR – Er - IR Verbs in the

Present Tense

to change a verb to match the subject

of a sentence

Conjugate:

This is a

verb flower.

This flower will help us learn how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense.

stem

The stem of a verb is its INFINITIVE

form.

The infinitive is the

UNCONJUGATED form of the verb.

It means to _____.

Examples are organizar (to organize), comer

(to eat) and vivir (to live).

The center of a verb is what happens

when you drop its ending.

center

For example, to find the center of

organizar, drop the –ar.

Then you end up with organiz-

Just like the petals on a flower are the

colorful, pretty parts, the petals on our verb flower are

the same .

petals

Each petal on our verb flower represents a

different subject pronoun.

yo

tú

élella

usted

nosotros nosotras

vosotrosvosotras

ellosellas

ustedes

Each subject pronoun is

associated with a different ending.

yo

tú

élella

usted

nosotros nosotras

vosotrosvosotras

ellosellas

ustedes

-o

-as

-a

-amos

-áis

-an

What does this all mean?!

Let’s try putting it together!

Let’s conjugate the verb necesitar.

nece

sita

r

yo necesito

Necesit-tú necesitas

él n

eces

ita

ella

nec

esita

uste

d nec

esita

noso

tros

/

noso

tras

nece

sita

mos

vosotros/ vosotras necesitáis

ellos necesitan

ellas necesitan

ustedes necesitan

yo necesito = I needtú necesitas = you needél necesita = he needs

ella necesita = she needsusted necesita = you need

nosotros necesitamos = we needvosotros necesitáis = y’all need

ellos necesitan = they needellas necesitan = they need

ustedes necesitan = you all need

yo

tú

él

ella

uste

d

noso

tros

/

noso

tras

vosotros/ vosotras

ellos

ellas

ustedes

Now try conjugating organizar.

1. What is the stem?

3. What is the center?

4. What are the different forms in each petal?

2. What does it mean?

Does your flower look like this?

org

aniz

ar

yo organizo

Organiz-tú organizas

él o

rgan

iza

ella

org

aniza

uste

d org

aniza

noso

tros

/

noso

tras

orga

niza

mos

vosotros/ vosotras organizáis

ellos organizan

ellas organizan

ustedes organizan

yo organizo = I organizetú organizas = you organizeél organiza = he organizes

ella organiza = she organizesusted organiza = you organize

nosotros organizamos= we organizevosotros organizáis = y’all organize

ellos organizan= they organizeellas organizan= they organize

ustedes organizan= you all organize

yo

tú

él

ella

uste

d

noso

tros

/

noso

tras

vosotros/ vosotras

ellos

ellas

ustedes

Now try conjugating comprar.

1. What is the root?

3. What is the stem?

4. What are the different forms in each petal?

2. What does it mean?

What does your flower look like?

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?

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?

?

??

Bring it to class and find out if you are

correct!

ACTIVIDAD

1. With the flower provided create a conjugation vase

2. Use the six verbs provided(-ar, -er, -ir)

3. Conjugate them in the flower as we did before

4. Color and decorate them and arrange your flower

conjugation vase

5. This is a project grade

6. The project is individual, but every two people will share

a bag containing crayons, scissors and glue. You

become responsible for it and at the end of the project

you must give it back. If something is missing from your

bag you won’t receive credit for your work.

Flower vase project

The flower vase has 6 flowers (_____ of 10 points)

Each flower has a different verb (_____ of 10 points)

There are two verbs of each group (_____ of 10 points)

In the stem of the flower I can see the verb in infinitive. It

means without conjugation (_____ of 15 points)

In the center of the flower I can see the stem of the verb. It

means the verb withour –ar/-er/ -ir (_____ of 15 points)

In six petals I can see the six different conjugations of the

verbs (one conjugation per petal) (_____ of 30 points)

The flower vase is colorful and creative (_____ of 10 points)

Total _____ of 100