In Spanish, if you want to conjugate a verb, you need to determine first which is the subject (yo, tú, él, ella, eso, nosotros/as, vosotros/as, ellos/as) in the sentence, then the verbal tense (present, future, past participle, gerund…), and the mode (if it is imperative, <u>indicative</u> or subjunctive) as well.
In this exercise, almost all the verbs are in present tense. If also the verb is regular (ends in AR, ER, IR), we just have to know the following rules:
Regular verbs with ER
Change ER to:
•Yo: o
•Tú: es
•Él, Ella, eso: e
•Nosotros/as: emos
•Vosotros/as: éis
•Ellos/as, Ustedes: en
Regular verbs with AR
Change AR to:
•Yo: o
•Tú: as
•Él, Ella, eso: a
•Nosotros/as: amos
•Vosotros/as: áis
•Ellos/as, Ustedes: an
Regular verbs with IR
Change IR to:
•Yo: o
•Tú: es
•Él, Ella, eso: e
•Nosotros/as: Imos
•Vosotros/as: ís
•Ellos/as, Ustedes: en
Well, now that is clear. Let’s begin with the exercises following the rules listed above:
SARA ¿En qué (1) <u>piensas</u> (pensar)?
In this case the subject is Tú
ANA (2) <u>Pienso</u> en el fin de semana. Quiero ir a un concierto con
unos amigos.
In this case the subject is Yo
SARA ¿Qué (3) <u>lees</u> (leer)?
In this case the subject is Tú
ANA (4) <u>Leo</u> una novela de Mario Benedetti.
In this case the subject is Yo
SARA ¿Qué (5) <u>bebes</u> (beber)?
In this case the subject is Tú
ANA (6) <u>Bebo</u> una soda.
In this case the subject is Yo
SARA ¿Qué (7) <u>escribes </u>(escribir)?
In this case the subject is Tú
ANA (8)<u> Escribo</u> unos apuntes para el ensayo de literatura.
In this case the subject is Yo
SARA ¿De qué te (9) <u>ríes</u> (reír)?
In this case the subject is Tú
ANA (10) ¡Me <u>río</u> de tus preguntas!
In this case the subject is Yo
Sentences (9) and (10) are a special case, reír is an <u>irregular verb,</u> and does not follow the rules. For this specific irregular verb, its conjugation in <u>simple present, indicative mode</u> is:
• Yo: río
• Tú: ríes
• Él, Ella, eso: ríen
• Nosotros/as: reímos
• Vosotros/as: reís
• Ellos/as, Ustedes: ríen
