Madrigal 3 ación words to verbs

Madrigal 3 ación words to verbs

by Erik Pritchard

​There are over 200 words that end with -ación that you can make into verbs.

Multiple Choice

Spanish word for "preparation"

• preparación

• preparacción

• preparoso

• preparasión

We remember that tion and sion words are often very close in Spanish.​

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education = educación

combination = combinación

invitation = invitación

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Multiple Choice

The Spanish word preparación is a

• noun

• verb

• adjective

Change ​preparación into a verb

​1. Take off the ending. preparación

​prepar__

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​2. Add the letter é preparé

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​3. In English this means "I prepared".

Multiple Choice

celebration

• celebración

• celebrasión

• celebrasoso

• celebrasico

Multiple Choice

What is step 1 with the word "celebración"?

• celebr

• celebrat

• celebracióné

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What do you add in step 2 to "celebr"

• é

• oso

• ente

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You've completed the steps! The Spanish word celebré means

• I celebrated

• you celebrated

​Now you can take Spanish words that end with ación and make them into verbs! Let's try a few more.

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Multiple Choice

invitation

• invitación

• invitasión

Multiple Choice

Step 1: invitación

• invit

• invito

• invictus

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Step 2: invit_

• é

• ación

• asión

Multiple Choice

invité means

• I invited

• you invited

Got it? The é at the end gives it away.

​1. Take off the ación ending. invitación

​invit

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​2. Add the letter é to get invité

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​3. In English this means "I invited".

Multiple Choice

To say "I presented" in Spanish would be...

• Yo presenté

• Yo presento

• Yo presentación

• Yo presentó

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To say "I combined" in Spanish is

• Yo combiné

• Yo combin

• Yo combino

• Yo combine

Add ó to respectfully say you did it.

​1. preparación

​prepar_

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​2. Add the letter ó preparó

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​3. In English this means "you prepared". We are using the Spanish word "usted". Usted preparó = You prepared

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​Please note that we can drop the word usted and still have "preparó" mean "you prepared" with "usted" being implied.

Multiple Choice

you prepared

• preparó

• preparé

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I prepared

• preparé

• preparó

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you prepared

• usted preparó

• tú preparó

• yo preparé

• usted preparé

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you invited

• usted invitó

• usted invité

• usted invitación

• usted invit

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I invited

• yo invité

• yo invitó

• yo invito

• yo invitación

Now you can take ación words in Spanish and say "I did whatever" or "you did whatever"​

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Multiple Choice

To say I did something ends with

• é

• ó

Multiple Choice

To say you (usted) did something is

• é

• ó