Present Tense

Question 1

Uses?

Answer 1

What’s happening now
What you do regularly
Very near future

Question 2

Formation?

Answer 2

Take off last 2 letters + Add ending that corresponds to pronoun

Question 3

AR ending for Yo, Tú, Él?

Answer 3

O, As, A
(Tomo, Tomas, Toma)

Question 4

AR ending for nosotros, vosotros, ellos?

Answer 4

Amos, Áis, An
(Tomamos, Tomáis. Toman)

Question 5

ER/IR ending for Yo, Tú, Él?

Answer 5

O, Es, E

Question 6

ER ending for nosotros, vosotros, ellos?

Answer 6

Emos, éis, En
(comemos, coméis, comen)

Question 7

IR ending for nosotros, vosotros, ellos?

Answer 7

Imos, ís, en
(Lucimos, Lucís, Lucen)

Question 8

Endings for IR? (irregular)

Answer 8

voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van

Question 9

Endings for SER? (irregular)

Answer 9

soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son

Question 10

Endings for ESTAR? (irregular)

Answer 10

estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están

Question 11

Endings for HABER? (irregular)

Answer 11

he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han

Question 12

Endings for PODER? (boot verb)

Answer 12

puedo, puedes, puede, podemos, podéis, pueden

Question 13

What are boot Verbs?

Answer 13

Boot verbs are verbs that have a stem change in the yo, tú, él/ella/usted, and ellos/ellas/ustedes forms (i.e., all forms inside the “boot” shape when conjugated in a chart). The nosotros and vosotros forms do not undergo stem changes.

e → ie: cerrar, comenzar, empezar, entender, pensar, perder, preferir, querer, sentir
o → ue: almorzar, contar, costar, dormir, encontrar, morir, mostrar, poder, recordar, volver
e → i: competir, pedir, repetir, servir, seguir, vestir
u → ue: jugar