Grammar

Question 1

What are the endings of the regular -ar verbs in preterit tense?
yo:
tu:
el/ella/usted:
nosotros:
vosotros:
ellos/ellas/ustedes

Answer 1

é
aste
ó
amos
asteis
aron

Question 2

What are endings of regular -er or -ir verbs in preterit form?

Answer 2

í
iste
ió
imos
isteis
ieron

Question 3

What are the endings of regular -ir or -er verbs in the imperfect??

Answer 3

• ía
• ías
• ía
• íamos
• íais
• ían

Question 4

What are the endings of regular -ar verbs in the imperfect tense?

Answer 4

aba
abas
aba
ábamos
abais
aban

Question 5

How do you write verbs in the future tense?

Answer 5

Infinitive + ending

Question 6

What are the endings of verbs in future tense?

Answer 6

• é
• ás
• á
• emos
• éis
• án

Question 7

How do you conjugate regular -er, -ar, and -ir verbs in the conditional?

Answer 7

Infinitive + ending

Question 8

What are endings of verbs in the conditional tense?

Answer 8

ía
ías
ía
íamos
íais
ían

Question 9

When is the conditional tense used?

Answer 9

It is used to express what “would” happen in the future. It is more of a possibility, or hypothetical situation, than the future tense.

Question 10

Present perfect example (fill in the blank) sentence:
___ comido. = I have eaten.
___ comido. = You have eaten.

Answer 10

He

Has

Question 11

How to conjugate a verb in the past participle tense?

Answer 11

hablar (ar) + ado= hablado
comer (er) + ido= comido
vivir (ir) + ido= vivido

Question 12

What is abrir in the past participle tense?

Answer 12

abierto

Question 13

What words are added to the past participle verb in present perfect tense?

Answer 13

he
has
ha
hemos
habéis
han

Question 14

What are the two types of si clauses?

Si + _________ tense, ___________tense

Si + _________ tense, ___________tense

Answer 14

Si + present tense, future tense
Ex: Si tengo tiempo, yo lo haré
Translation: If I have time, I will do it.

Si + past imperfect subjunctive, conditional
Ex: Si fuera lugar o objecto, yo diría que la television.
Translation: If it was (were) a place or an object, I would say television.

Question 15

When do you use the preterit?

Answer 15

• happened once
• known beginning/ending
• “boom DONE”
• when you know the duration

Question 16

When do you use the imperfect?

Answer 16

• setting the scene
• weather
• date
• repeated/habitual actions
• location
• age
• time
• ongoing actions
• emotional descriptions
• appearance
• physical condition

Question 17

What elements pertinent to your or others’ identity are ser used for?

Answer 17

physical description
personality
character
nationality
race
gender
profession
origin
what things are made of

Question 18

Ser is used with _________.

Answer 18

identity

Question 19

Ser is used with which “_____ ______” or occur in time

Answer 19

take place

ex: dates, days, seasons, time, events, concerts, parties

Question 20

Estar is used for states of _______.

Answer 20

being

Question 21

Estar is used for emotional, physical, and mental states of (our bodies) being; such as:

Answer 21

feelings
moods
emotions
physical conditions or appearances
civil state (married, single, divorced, dead)

Question 22

Estar is used for the location of ____ and ______. (placement state of being)

Answer 22

things, people

Question 23

When estar is used for the motion state of being, it is followed by the present progressive tense. (the immediate -ing form) The endings for this tense are:

Answer 23

• er verbs: -iendo
• ir verbs: -iendo
• ar verbs: -ando

ex: Estoy hablando.
Juan está comiendo.

Question 24

How do you conjugate the verb estar in present indicative tense?

Answer 24

estoy
estás
está
estamos
estáis
están

Question 25

How do you conjugate the verb ser in present indicative tense?

Answer 25

soy
eres
es
somos
sois
son

Question 26

How do you conjugate a verb in the past imperfect subjunctive tense?

Answer 26

stem= 3rd person plural preterit (without the -ron)
then add the ending:
ra
ras
ra
á or é -ramos
rais
ran

Example:
pedir pidieron pidie-
pidiera
pidieras
pidiera
pidiéramos
pidieran