Spanish Verb Conjugation

Cards (32)

• 1
  Front

  What are the present tense endings for regular -AR verbs (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)?

  Back

  -o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an

• 2
  Front

  What are the present tense endings for regular -ER verbs (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)?

  Back

  -o, -es, -e, -emos, -éis, -en

• 3
  Front

  What are the present tense endings for regular -IR verbs (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)?

  Back

  -o, -es, -e, -imos, -ís, -en

• 4
  Front

  What are the preterite tense endings for regular -AR verbs (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)?

  Back

  -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron

• 5
  Front

  What are the preterite tense endings for regular -ER and -IR verbs (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)?

  Back

  -í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron

• 6
  Front

  What are the imperfect tense endings for regular -AR verbs (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)?

  Back

  -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -abais, -aban

• 7
  Front

  What are the imperfect tense endings for regular -ER and -IR verbs (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)?

  Back

  -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían

• 8
  Front

  How is the future tense formed for regular verbs, and what are the endings?

  Back

  Add endings to the full infinitive: -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án

• 9
  Front

  How is the conditional tense formed for regular verbs, and what are the endings?

  Back

  Add endings to the full infinitive: -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían

• 10
  Front

  What is the yo form of 'ser' in the present tense?

  Back

  soy

• 11
  Front

  Give all present tense forms of 'ser' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos).

  Back

  soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son

• 12
  Front

  Give all present tense forms of 'estar' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos).

  Back

  estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están

• 13
  Front

  Give all present tense forms of 'tener' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos).

  Back

  tengo, tienes, tiene, tenemos, tenéis, tienen

• 14
  Front

  Give all present tense forms of 'ir' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos).

  Back

  voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van

• 15
  Front

  Give all present tense forms of 'hacer' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos).

  Back

  hago, haces, hace, hacemos, hacéis, hacen

• 16
  Front

  What are the preterite forms of 'ser' and 'ir' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)?

  Back

  fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron (identical for both verbs)

• 17
  Front

  What are the preterite forms of 'tener' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)?

  Back

  tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron

• 18
  Front

  What are the preterite forms of 'hacer' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)?

  Back

  hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron

• 19
  Front

  What are the only three truly irregular verbs in the imperfect tense?

  Back

  ser, ir, and ver

• 20
  Front

  Give all imperfect forms of 'ser' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos).

  Back

  era, eras, era, éramos, erais, eran

• 21
  Front

  Give all imperfect forms of 'ir' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos).

  Back

  iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, ibais, iban

• 22
  Front

  Give all imperfect forms of 'ver' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos).

  Back

  veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veíais, veían

• 23
  Front

  What is the irregular future stem for 'tener', and give the yo form?

  Back

  Stem: tendr-; yo: tendré

• 24
  Front

  What is the irregular future stem for 'hacer', and give the yo form?

  Back

  Stem: har-; yo: haré

• 25
  Front

  What is the irregular future stem for 'poder', and give the yo form?

  Back

  Stem: podr-; yo: podré

• 26
  Front

  What is the irregular future stem for 'salir', and give the yo form?

  Back

  Stem: saldr-; yo: saldré

• 27
  Front

  Do conditional endings differ from future endings for irregular stems?

  Back

  No. Irregular verbs use the same irregular stem for both future and conditional; only the endings differ (-ía, -ías, etc. for conditional).

• 28
  Front

  Give all present tense forms of 'poder' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos).

  Back

  puedo, puedes, puede, podemos, podéis, pueden

• 29
  Front

  Give all present tense forms of 'querer' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos).

  Back

  quiero, quieres, quiere, queremos, queréis, quieren

• 30
  Front

  What stem change occurs in the present tense of 'querer' and 'poder', and which forms are unaffected?

  Back

  e→ie and o→ue respectively; the nosotros and vosotros forms keep the original vowel.

• 31
  Front

  What are the preterite forms of 'estar' (yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)?

  Back

  estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron

• 32
  Front

  What is the key difference in usage between the preterite and the imperfect tenses?

  Back

  The preterite expresses completed, specific past actions; the imperfect expresses ongoing, habitual, or background past states and actions.