Nombre _______________________
My Verb Bible
Spanish 3
Present Tense
Example in English:
-AR endings:
HABLAR
-ER endings:
COMER
STEM CHANGERS
e>ie
IRREGULAR “YO” FORMS:
1
-IR endings:
VIVIR
o>ue
e>i
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Preterite Tense
Example in English: Past COMPLETE ACTION
I spoke; I did speak
-AR endings:
HABLAR
-ER/-IR endings:
COMER
IRREGULAR VERB FORMS IN PRETERITE:
2
VIVIR
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Imperfect Tense
Example in English: Repeated or Incomplete Past Action (WATER)
I was speaking.
I used to speak.
-AR endings:
HABLAR
-ER/-IR endings:
COMER
IRREGULAR VERB FORMS IN IMPERFECT:
3
VIVIR
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Present Progressive
Example in English: I am speaking. (doing it RIGHT now)
Form of estar
HABLAR
Participle formation
COMER
VIVIR
SPECIAL RULES FOR PRESENT PROGRESSIVE:
4
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Past Progressive
Example in English: I was speaking
Form of estar
HABLAR
Participle formation
COMER
SPECIAL RULES FOR PAST PROGRESSIVE:
5
VIVIR
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Future:
Example in English: Action in future or wonderment/probability.
I will speak
How to form and endings:
HABLAR
IRREGULAR VERBS:
6
COMER
VIVIR
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Conditional:
Example in English: What would happen under certain circumstances.
I would speak.
How to form and endings:
HABLAR
IRREGULAR VERBS:
7
COMER
VIVIR
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Informal Imperative: Tú Commands
Example in English: Used with friends, peers, and those younger or with whom you have a personal
relationship.
Example: Be quiet.
How to form affirmative
HABLAR- affirmative
and negative
How to form negative
COMER – affirmative
and negative
VIVIR – affirmative and
negative
IRREGULAR AFFIRMATIVE/NEGATIVE FORMS IN IMPERATIVE (COMMANDS):
8
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Formal Imperative: Usted/Ustedes Commands
Example in English: Used to show respect or when telling a group to do something.
Sit down. – you or all of you
How to form affirmative
HABLAR- affirmative
and negative
How to form negative
COMER – affirmative
and negative
VIVIR – affirmative and
negative
IRREGULAR AFFIRMATIVE/NEGATIVE FORMS IN IMPERATIVE (COMMANDS):
9
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Present Perfect:
Example in English: I have spoken.; she has spoken.
Past Participle formation
Haber
HABLAR
COMER
IRREGULAR PARTICIPLES:
10
VIVIR
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Past Perfect (Pluperfect):
Understood as “the past of the past.” Tense used to express the proper sequence of two or more past
events regardless of which is actually mentioned first. Good to use with cause and effect.
Example in English:
I had spoken.; she had spoken.
When the car skidded, it had already hit the cyclist.
Past Participle formation
Haber
HABLAR
COMER
IRREGULAR PARTICIPLES:
11
VIVIR
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Subjunctive Tense (Present)
Example in English: Two different subjects; the word “que”; WEIRDO
I advise that you complete this verb bible.
WEIRDO:
How to form and endings:
HABLAR
-AR endings:
-ER/-IR endings:
IRREGULAR RULES FOR USE OF SUBJUNCTIVE:
12
COMER
VIVIR