Regular conjugation steps

Step 1: Identify the subject. If the sentence is "My parents drink Pepsi," what is the subjet?

• My

• drink

• My parents

• Pepsi

After you have written the subject, figure out which box the subject belongs in. My parents is in the _______ box.

• 6th

• 4th

• 3rd

• 5th

If you want to say, "My parents drink Pepsi," you would write ______ for "my parents."

• Ellos

• Ellas

• Mis padres

• Mi padre

True or False: In the sentence "My parents drink Pepsi," instead of writing mis padres, you should WRITE they?

• False. You would write BOTH my parents and they (mis padres ellos)

• False. You would ONLY write mis padres since that is the subject.

• True. Since my parents is the same as they, you would write they (ellos).

After we know what box the subject belongs in, we identify the verb and what type of verb it is. What are the three types of verbs?

• infinitive, stem, ending

• o, a, s

• singular, plural, possessive

• ar, er, ir

After you have identified the type of verb, remove the ending. What part of the verb beber (to drink) is the ending?

• beb

• beber

• er

• ber

After you remove the ending, you put on a new ending. For ar verbs, the endings are:

• o, as, a, amos, áis, an

• o, es, e, emos, éis, en

• o, es, e, imos, ís, en

• o, as, e, amos, êis, en

After you remove the ending, you put on a new ending. For ir verbs, the endings are:

• o, es, e, emos, éis, en

• o, es, e, imos, ís, en

• o, as, a, amos, áis, an

After you remove the ending, you put on a new ending. For er verbs, the endings are:

• o, es, e, imos, ís, en

• o, as, a, amos, áis, an

• o, es, e, emos, éis, en

er and ir endings are EXACTLY the same except in which two forms?

• yo and nosotros

• tú and usted

• ellos and ellas

• nosotros and vosotros