Chapter 5: overview of regular verbs

Question 1

What makes an infinitive?

Answer 1

verb stem + infinitive ending (ar/er/ir) = infinitive

Examples:
cant + ar = cantar
com + er = comer
viv + ir = vivir

Question 2

When is a verb considered “regular”?

Answer 2

A verb is considered regular if there is no change in the stem when it is conjugated.

Examples: comer, cantar, vivir

Question 3

When is the present tense used?

Answer 3

To express the English simple present (e.g., I sing)
AND
the English present progressive tense (e.g., I am singing)

Example: Ella canta una canción triste (she sings a sad song; she is singing a sad song)

Question 4

How are questions formed?

Answer 4

By inverting the subject and the verb
OR
by rising intonation, without changing the word order

Examples:
¿Cantas tú los domingos? (do you sing on Sundays?)
¿Tú cantas los domingos? (you sing on Sundays?)

Question 5

When can the present tense be used to express a future event?

Answer 5

If an adverbial expression of future time is included

Ella canta con usted mañana (she’ll sing with you tomorrow)

Question 6

How is a sentence made negative?

Answer 6

Place “no” directly in front of the verb.

Yo canto en el baño (I sing in the bathroom)
No canto en el tren (I don’t sing in the train)