Spanish I Verb Review                        Me llamo: _____________________                                                            Hoy es el: ____________________  *READ ALL NOTES AND INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY  *YOU MAY USE YOUR NOTES, BUT MAY NO

Spanish I Verb Review                        Me llamo: _____________________ 

                                                          Hoy es el: ____________________ 

*READ ALL NOTES AND INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY 

*YOU MAY USE YOUR NOTES, BUT MAY NOT RECEIVE HELP FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN YOUR SPANISH TEACHER 

*ALL INFORMATION IS REVIEW. IF YOU DON’T KNOW IT, YOU NEED TO STUDY IT AND CATCH UP FAST!!! 

Subject Pronouns: Before you can form a complete sentence in Spanish, you must know (by heart) the subject pronouns and what they mean. You must also memorize the chart format, as this format is consistently used throughout the study of verb conjugation. 

Fill in the chart with the Spanish subject pronouns and define each one in English: 

Now, when you encounter a subject that does not match one of these pronouns, you MUST be able to “replace” it with the correct pronoun. In other words, you must know where that subject will fall within the chart. 

What subject pronoun would you use to replace the following subjects: 

1. Mi mejor amigo___Tu___________        5. Juan y tu _____________ 

2. Los estudiantes _____________        6. Las chicas ____________ 

3.Señora Gómez _______________        7. Enrique ______________ 

4.Juan y yo ___________________       8. Marisol ______________ 

What if your subject is a THING and not a person??? In that case, all you need to know is whether it is one thing (singular) or more than one thing (plural). 

For one thing (singular): it is treated like he or she (it) (el/ella/usted box) 

For more than one thing (plural): it is treated like they (ellos/as/uds. Box) 

Would these subjects fall into:     A– the el/ella/usted box     OR      B– the ellos/ellas/uds. box? 

Conjugating Verbs: 

The term “conjugating” refers to the process of altering an “infinitive” so that it includes a subject. An “infinitive” is a verb that has no subject because it has not been conjugated. When defining an infinitive, the definition will begin with “to” do that action since, again, it has no specific subject. All infinitives will end with either –AR, -ER, or –IR. 

Define the following infinitives: 

Regular Verbs: 

When a verb is labeled as a “regular” verb, that gives you information on how to conjugate that verb. ALL regular verbs follow the same conjugation pattern. What are the 3 steps for conjugating ANY regular verb:            

(1)- 

                   (2)- 

                   (3)- 

Now, in those steps, you referred to the “regular verb endings”. You MUST know these by heart! Fill in the charts with these endings. Remember, this chart format is based upon the Subject Pronouns you filled in on pg. 1. The boxes ALWAYS match up! 

Regular –ar verb endings:             Regular –er verb endings:             Regular –ir verb endings: 

Conjugating Regular Verbs:  

Fill in the charts with the conjugations of the following infinitives: 

Hablar–                                               Comer-                                      Vivir– 

Provide the CORRECT FORM of each verb & write the ENGLISH TRANSLATION 

                   Conjugation             Translation 

EX. Yo (correr) : corro       =       I run 

Irregular Verbs 

When a verb is labeled as being “irregular”, this also provides you with information on how to conjugate it. If it is irregular, then you CANNOT simply follow the 3 steps you wrote earlier to conjugate it- there is something IRREGULAR about it. It may be a simple spelling change, or it may have completely irregular forms. There is less of a pattern to conjugating these types of verbs versus the regular verbs, so it is crucial that you study and MEMORIZE the forms of irregular verbs! 

Fill in the charts with the forms of the following IRREGULAR verbs: 

Ser-                                          Ir–                                                     Querer–         

Jugar–                                       Tener–                                                 

The verb GUSTAR 

Gustar is a special verb. There are only 2 forms of this verb, not 6. We use this verb to express what someone LIKES or DOES NOT like.  It may be used to express either THINGS or ACTIONS that people LIKE or DO NOT LIKE. To form a CORRECT & COMPLETE sentence using GUSTAR, there are 3 steps to follow. Fill in the 3 steps of forming a sentence using gustar: 

STEP 1:                                               STEP 2:                                     STEP 3: 

                                                                   ___________ 

                                                                             OR 

                                                                   ___________ 

When do you use GUSTA: 

When do you use GUSTAN: 

Does it depend on the subject of the sentence or the object following it? 

Write the following statements in Spanish using all 3 steps of gustar: 

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS SENTENCE??? 

A mí me gusta corro. __________________________________________________ 

The verb QUERER 

We have already established that this is an irregular verb. It means __________________. 

When using this verb, we often follow it with an action (another verb). It is important to remember that you DO NOT conjugate the verb following the form of QUERER. The secondary verb must remain in INFINITIVE form. 

Examples: 

Yo quiero comer = I want to eat         vs.      Yo quiero como = I want to I eat 

Write the following statements in Spanish: 

The verb JUGAR 

We have also established that JUGAR is an irregular verb. It means_________________ and is used specifically when talking about __________________________. If I were referring to a musical instrument, I would use the verb __________________, which is regular. 

When using JUGAR followed by a sport, the conjunction “al” is added: 

Yo juego al basquetbol. = I play basketball. 

Now, you do these examples (be careful!!!): 

The verb IR 

Clearly, this verb is irregular (it’s only 2 letters!) It means ___________________. When used by itself, it is usually followed by a location. To join the verb and the location that follows it, you need the word “to” which, in Spanish is the letter “a”. It is important to remember that when the letter “a” (to) is followed by the article (definite article) “el”, then these 2 words combine to make “al”. 

To summarize:             a + la = NO CHANGE 

                                  a + los = NO CHANGE 

                                  a + las = NO CHANGE 

                                  a + el = COMBINE TO “AL” 

Use the verb IR to write a complete sentence saying that these people go to the location provided: 

Ex: Ella/ las montañas (the mountains) = Ella va a las montañas. (She goes to the mountains) 

You have also used the verb IR in the construction: IR + a + infinitive. This “formula” is used to express what people are GOING TO DO. In other words, it is a way to express a FUTURE action. 

Translate the following statements into English: 

Now, use IR + a + infinitive to write the following statements in Spanish: 

Tener Expressions 

You already know that TENER is an irregular verb that means _________________. We also use this verb in what are known as TENER EXPRESSIONS or TENER IDIOMS. These are expressions that begin with a form of TENER (according to your subject) followed by a word or words to form a whole new expression. TENER EXPRESSIONS can be tricky because most to not specifically include “have” in their English translation. For this reason, it is important that you study and know these expressions! 

Write the following in Spanish using TENER EXPRESSIONS: 

Now, let’s pull it all together! Show off your awesome verb conjugating skills by writing the following in Spanish: 

Spanish 1  

Final Exam Study Guide 

Vocabulary/Culture 

Grammar 

-min 0-29              Son las + _______ + ________ + minutes. 

-min 31-59            Son las + ____________ + _________ + # of minutes until next hr. 

– 12:31-1:30 Use _________ __________ 

-Special words:  :15 _______________, :30_______________, :45 _______________ 

Ex. It’s 10:30 

      It’s 2:50 

      It’s 1:05 

Hace calor-______________              Hace buen tiempo- _____________________ 

Hace frio- It’s cold                              

Hace sol- _______________              Hace mal tiempo- ______________________ 

Hace viento- It’s windy 

¿Quién?-                                  ¿Cuándo?- 

¿Qué?-                                     ¿Dónde?- 

¿Cuál?-                                    ¿Por qué?- 

¿Cómo?- 

¿Cuánto/a/os/as?-                    **porque- 

Yo-                  nosotros-                     a) Juan –                                 f) Laura y Sue – 

_________________________                            

Tú-                  vosotros-                     b) mis amigos y yo –             g) mis primos – 

            _________________________ 

            él-                    ellos-                            c) mi familia –                       h) Ella y yo – 

            ella-                 ellas-                            d) Sarah –                              i) Señor Allen-  

            Usted-             Ustedes-                      e) Tú y él –                            j) las chicas – 

There are 4 definite articles; they all mean the word __________ in English. 

El-    for ___________ and ______________ nouns 

La-   for ___________ and ______________ nouns 

Los- for ___________ and ______________ nouns 

Las- for ___________ and ______________ nouns 

Indefinte article also agree in # and gender 

   Masculine     Feminine          

Singular Un- a             Una- a                         **These words also match in # and gender: 

Plural     Unos- some   Unas- some                      poco, mucho, cuánto, ese, este 

Show an example for each 

Like definite and indefinite articles, adjectives (describing words) must also match in ___________ and ____________. 

Masculine               Feminine______ 

Ends in o                Ends in a                                                Plural               

            Raul es alto.            Elena es alta.                   * adj. that end in a vowel–  add _______ 

                        Ends in e-no change                          *adj. that end in a consonant– add ________ 

            Raul es inteligente   Elena es inteligente 

                        Ends in consonants-no change 

            Raul es intelectual  Elena es intellectual 

                                            Ends in “or” OR talking about nationality- add a 

            Raul es trabajdor     Elena es trabajadora 

            Raul es español       Elena es española 

-to expresss what someone is ___________ to do. 

 Ir                    a                      infinitive 

_______________      a                      bailar                

                                    a                      nadar    

_______________ 

                                    *Yo voy a bailar.–> I am going to dance. 

mi/mis-                   nuestro/nuestra-                            ** nuestro/vuestro have to match in  

_______________nuestros/nuestras–                               # and gender 

tu/tus                      vuestro/vuestra- 

_______                 vuestros/vuestras– 

su/sus                      su/sus-  

Ser-                                                                  Estar– 

                                         D-                                                                                       L- 

_________________       O-                           ___________________                      E- 

_________________       C-                           ___________________                      F- 

                                         T-                                                                                        T- 

                                         O- 

                                         R- 

Direct objects are the person or thing receiving the action of a verb. 

Paul orders the soup.   What does Paul order?  __________ is the direct object. 

Lo-                              La- 

Los-                             Las- 

Verbs 

                                                gusta/n                         ** Singular or plural used depending 

_______________                                                           on what comes after the verb. If it  

                                                                                         is singular use the a/e. If plural  

_______________                                                           use the n. 

** the original form of a verb…no subject 

** they end in ______, _______, or ________. 

Facts 

1. You can’t have 2 conjugated verbs next to each other. The first is conjugated the second is left in the infinitive form.  Ex. Necesito pedir la comida.  

2.When using  reflexive pronouns or direct object pronouns you attach the pronoun to the infinitive. Ex. Nesesito pedirla. (I need to buy it)  OR Necesito bañarme. (I need to bathe myself.) 

Ar                                            er                                             ir 

_______________                  _______________                  ________________ 

_______________                  _______________                  ________________ 

Steps to conjugating: 

Shoe verbs change in the __________ of the word as well as the normal endings.  They change in all forms except the _____________ and _____________ forms. There are 3 types of shoe verbs: oà______, eà_______, and eà______. 

            Poder                                       entender                                  pedir 

________________                ___________________          __________________ 

________________                ___________________          __________________                         

** Irregular in the _______ form only: Yo-Go verbs: hacer-__________, poner– _________, salir-__________, decir– ___________, caer___________, traer_____________ 

                              Venir                                                   Tener 

                  __________________                        ___________________ 

                  __________________                        ___________________ 

                              Saber                                                   Ver 

                  _________________                          ___________________ 

                  _________________                          ___________________ 

-Calendar 

-Key Questions to understand and be able to answer.