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Vocab test

1. Hablar español – To speak Spanish
2. Aprender inglés – To learn Englihs
3. Beber té – To drink tea
4. Leer el periódico – To read the newspaper
5. Salir con amigos – To go out with friends
6. Trabajar en un café – To work in a café
7. Mucho – A lot
8. Juntos – Together
9. Aquí – Here
10. En casa – At home

Verb of the day

Conjugate the verb SALIR (to leave/ to go out) in the present tense.

Yo	Nosotros
Tú	Vosotros
Él/ Ella/ Usted	Ellos/ Ellas/ Ustedes

Questions to answer

Translation tool

1. ¿Tus amigos aprenden mucho?

2. ¿Tu madre come manzanas?

3. ¿Tú necesitas tomar el tren?

4. ¿Qué escribes?

5. ¿Dónde viven tus abuelos?

6. ¿Cuándo comes pizza?

7. ¿Qué lee tu padre?

8. ¿Tu familia trabaja mucho?

A simple dialogue

Use the Spanish phrases to translate the English dialogue.  Write it out and perform it.

• You work a lot, don’t you?
• Yes.  I speak Spanish with my teacher.
• Where do you study with her?
• We meet in the library on Mondays.
• Do you read a lot?
• I read Spanish newspapers online.
• What do you write?
• I write about my life, and I answer questions.  I study too.
• When do you study?
• On Wednesdays.  I memorize verbs.
• Do you listen to Spanish?
• Yes.  At home I watch Netflix in Spanish.
• Do you relax and watch television?
• No, I take notes while I watch.  I want to learn!

Use these phrases to translate the dialogue.

¿Cuándo estudias?

¿Dónde estudias con ella?

¿Escuchas español?

¿Lees mucho?

¿Qué escribes?

¿Te relajas y ves televisión?

Escribo sobre mi vida y respondo preguntas. Yo estudio también.

Leo periódicos españoles en línea.

Los miércoles.  Aprendo verbos.

No, tomo notas mientras veo.  ¡Quiero aprender!

Nos vemos en la biblioteca los lunes.

Sí.  En casa veo series en español en Netflix.

Sí.  Hablo español con mi profesora.

Trabajas mucho, ¿no?

Choose from a range of voices to read your dialogue here.

Grammar notes

* Read this information, then use it to quiz a friend.

REGULAR SPANISH VERBS IN THE PRESENT TENSE

In the present tense, all regular verbs follow predictable patterns of endings depending on:

• The subject pronoun (yo, tú, él, ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ellas, ustedes)
• The type of verb (-ar, -er, -ir)

Subject	-ar ending	-er ending	-ir ending
yo	-o	-o	-o
tú	-as	-es	-es
él/ella/usted	-a	-e	-e
nosotros/as	-amos	-emos	-imos
vosotros/as	-áis	-éis	-ís
ellos/ellas/ustedes	-an	-en	-en

Look for similarities and differences in the verb endings.  Look at:

• the last letter or letters
• the vowels
• the subject pronouns that are exaclty the same
• the subject pronouns where two or three are completely different.

IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PRESENT TENSE

Estar = To be	Tener = To have	Ir = To go
Estoy = I am	Tengo = I have	Voy = I go
Estás = You are	Tienes = You have	Vas = You go
Está = He/ She is*	Tiene = He/ She has	Va = He/ She goes
Estamos = We are	Tenemos = We have	Vamos = We go
Estáis = You are	Tenéis = You have	Vais = You go
Están = They are*	Tienen = They have	Van = They go

*Usted and ustedes subject pronouns omitted only for reasons of space.

In the table above, you can see three very common and very irregular Spanish verbs:

• an -ar verb, estar
• an -er verb, tener
• an -ir verb, ir!

Look at the endings (in bold) of these irregular verbs, and compare them to the regular verb endings.  Where are the irregularities in spellings, including accents?

Suggested grammar lesson.

Journal prompts

Write short sentences.  Keep them as simple as you can.

Use a translation tool to put them into Spanish.

Write them out, then check them with your teacher.  Present them to a friend, teaching your friend any new Spanish, and making sure they learn it!

What do you study? Who do you eat with? Where do you read? When do you write?

¿Qué estudias? ¿Con quién comes? ¿Dónde lees? ¿Cuándo escribes?

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