LOS VERBOS –AR

PRESENTE

FUTURO

PASADO

UNDERSTANDING TENSES

So far we have only used the PRESENTtense when conjugating verbs – this is what happens now. I watch tv.

To talk about things that will happen tomorrow, next week, next month, etc. use the FUTURE tense. I will watch tvtomorrow.

To talk about things that happened yesterday, last week, last year, etc. use the PAST tense.

Spanish has 2 past tenses: (more on this later)Preterite = I watched tv last night.

Imperfect = I used to watch tv every day.

WORDS THAT INDICATE TENSES

• Presente - any words that indicate the present moment

• Hoy =today

• Ahora = now

• Ahora mismo = right now

• Futuro = any words that indicate a future time

• Mañana = tomorrow

• Próximo = next

• ex. El próximo día = the next day

• Pasado = any words that indicate a past time

• Ayer = yesterday

• Anoche = last night

• Anteayer = day before yesterday

• Pasado = past, last

ex. La semana pasada = last week

LOS VERBOS –ARPRESENTE

Yo – -o Nosotros – -amos

Tú – -as Vosotros – -áis

Él-

Ella - -a

Ud.

Ellos –

Ellas - -an

Uds.

Remember: drop the –AR and add the appropriate ending!

Ex. Yo hablo español bien.

HABLAR– FUTUROWILL SPEAK/TALK

Yo – hablaré Nosotros – hablaremos

I will speak we will speak

Tú – hablarás Vosotros – hablaréis

you will speak y’all will speak

Él-

Ella - hablará

Ud. He/she/you will speak

Ellos –

Ellas - hablarán

Uds. They/You all will

speak

To form the future of MOST –AR verbs, add the RED

Endings to the infinitive (unconjugated form).

DO NOT DROP THE -AR

EJEMPLOS DEL FUTURO:

Mañana viajaré a Costa Rica.

Tomorrow I will travel to Costa Rica.

Ellos estudiarán en la biblioteca el viernes.

They will study in the library on Friday.

Nosotros llegaremos a las nueve.

We will arrive at 9:00.

1. Los estudiantes ______(visitar) a Venezuela en abril.

2. Marta y Rosa _______ (comprar) el almuerzo el

lunes.

3. Mañana, nosotros __________ (llegar) a casa a la

una.

4. Yo _______(celebrar) la fiesta de Marcos el sábado.

5. Tú ________ (ayudar) a los bomberos mucho.

Práctica A

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb

in parentheses in the FUTURE tense.

(Write these in your notebook)

-AR – PRETÉRITOYo – -é Nosotros – -amos

Tú – -aste Vosotros – -asteis

Él-

Ella - -ó

Ud.

Ellos –

Ellas - -aron

Uds.

• An completed action at a given point in the past

• An action or state that occupies a limited period of time

• An action with a specific and indicated beginning or ending

The preterite tense is used to express:

To form:

•Drop –AR

•Add appropriate

preterite endingEx. Yo hablé español ayer.

I spoke Spanish yesterday.

VERBOS QUE TERMINAN CON –CAR, -GAR, -ZAR

-CAR -qué Ex. tocar yo toqué

-GAR -gué Ex. llegar yo

llegué

-ZAR -cé Ex. cruzar yo crucé

Verbs that end in -car, -gar, and -zar have a

spelling change in the preterite YO form.

**All other forms of these verbs are regular.

This spelling change ONLY happens in the YO form!

EJEMPLOS DEL PRETÉRITO:

Ayer Paco buscó el mercado y yo busqué el

banco.

Yesterday Paco looked for the market and I looked

for the bank.

Ellos bailaron en la fiesta anoche.

They danced at the party last night.

Yo estudié por una hora.

I studied for an hour.

Note: these have a definite period of time.

6. Anoche nosotros _____ (escuchar) la radio.

7. Marta y Rosa no _____ (practicar) ayer.

8. El viernes pasado, tú ________(mirar) una

película.

9. Una vez, yo ______(jugar) al ajedrez con el rey.

10.Marta _______ (contestar) tres veces ayer en

clase.

Práctica B

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb

in parentheses in the PRETERITE tense.

(Write these in your notebook)

-AR – IMPERFECTOYo – -aba Nosotros – -ábamos

Tú – -abas Vosotros – -abáis

Él-

Ella - -aba

Ud.

Ellos –

Ellas - -aban

Uds.

The imperfect tense is used to express:

• A habitual action in the past (describes things that USED to happen)

• INCOMPLETE /interrupted actions in the past (was/were ….-ing)

• Descriptions of people, places, time, weather, age, etc. in past.

To form:

•Drop –AR

•Add

appropriate

ending

EJEMPLOS DEL IMPERFECTO:

Manuel nadaba todos los días.

Manuel used to swim every day.

Tú mirabas la tele cuando llegó la familia.

You were watching TV when the family arrived.

Nosotros bailábamos todos los fines de

semana.

We used to dance every weekend.

11. Yo _______ (repasar) los verbos todos los días.

12. Ellas ________(viajar) a la playa cada verano.

13. Todos los días, tú ______(usar) computadora 9.

14. Cada año, Pablo ______ (cantar) en el coro.

15. Nosotros _______ (llamar) a mi abuela cada

noche.

Práctica C

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb

in parentheses in the IMPERFECT tense.

(Write these in your notebook)