Free time activities: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular | Spanish

Starter quiz

Match the Spanish and English.
- agosto
  
  ⇔
  
  August ✓
- Francia
  
  ⇔
  
  France ✓
- mar
  
  ⇔
  
  sea ✓
- vacaciones
  
  ⇔
  
  holidays ✓
Match the English and Spanish.
- to enjoy, enjoying
  
  ⇔
  
  disfrutar ✓
- July
  
  ⇔
  
  julio ✓
- mountain
  
  ⇔
  
  montaña ✓
- to travel, traveling
  
  ⇔
  
  viajar ✓
Which word is not an adjective?
- alto
- campo ✓
- junto
- solo
Match the Spanish and English.
- buscar
  
  ⇔
  
  to search, searching ✓
- descansar
  
  ⇔
  
  to rest, resting ✓
- llevar
  
  ⇔
  
  to carry, carrying ✓
- trabajar
  
  ⇔
  
  to work, working ✓
Which pronoun is in the first person singular?
- I ✓
- she
- we
- you
Write the first person present tense singular form of 'hablar'.
- 'hablo' ✓

Exit quiz

How do you say 'animal' in Spanish?
- 'animal' ✓
What do Spanish verb infinitives end in?
- -ar ✓
- -er ✓
- -ir ✓
- -or
- -ur
What is the first person singular ending for regular -er/-ir verbs?
- -a
- -e
- -i
- -o ✓
- -u
Which first person singular verb forms come from an -er/-ir infinitive?
- habla
- bebe ✓
- vive ✓
- monta
In Spanish, ______ do not change for gender.
- nouns
- verbs ✓
- adjectives

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Key learning points

The sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) [ge] is pronounced as in 'gente', [gi] as in 'imaginar'.
Some Spanish infinitives end in -er and -ir.
The verb ending changes depending on who the verb refers to.
To mean 'I' with an -er/-ir verb, the ending is -o; this is called the first person singular.

Common misconception

The verb ending -o means 'I' but only if you're a boy or man.

For regular verbs, the 'I' verb form always ends in 'o'. Verb endings match the person, but don't change for gender, so 'hablo' means 'I speak' for everyone. It is adjectives that change ending -o to -a to describe a girl or woman.

Keywords

First person singular - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to yourself (I)
-er verb - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -er
-ir verb - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -ir