grammar 2, chapter 4

8/14/2019 Grammar 2, Chapter 4

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Gramtica 2Captulo 4


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Ir a + infinitive

Use a conjugateform of ir witha and an

infinitive to tellwhat someone is orisnt going to do.

voy vamos

vas

va van


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Ira + infinitive

Vasaestudiar? Are you going to study?

No, voyadescansar. No, Im going to rest.

Vanasalir? Are you all going to go out?

El estudiante vaaestudiar.The student is going to study.


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Day of the week:

Use elbefore the weekdaytosay youre going to do something

on a certain day of the week. Vas a ir de compras el sbado? No, voy a ir de compras los

domingos.


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Prctica

Put the correct form of ir a + infinitive inthe blank.

l ________________ mucho. (work)

Mi familiar y yo ________________ al cineel sbado. (go)Tengo hambre. ________________ ahora.

(eat) Mis amigos ________________ al ajedrez el

martes. (play) T ________________ a la fiesta? (come)

vaatrabajar

vamosair

voyacomer

vanajugar

vasavenir


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Present tense of er and -ir

-ero emo

s

es

e en

-iro imos

es

e en


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Present tense of er and -ir

To conjugate aregular er or irverb, you follow thesame steps asconjugating arverbs.

1. Drop the er or ir.

2. Add the appropriateending. comer toeatcomcomcomocomescomecomemoscomen


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Common er/-ir verbs

asistir (a) to attend abrir to open

interrumpir to interrupt leer to read escribir to write

correr to run beber to drink

To say to drink something, use beber

algo.


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Tag questions

These are questions that areattached to the end of a sentence.

In English, theyre phrases like: right?arent you?

If you expect someone to answeryes, use no? or verdad?

When the expected answer is no, useverdad?


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Tag questions - ejemplos

Vienes a la fiesta, no?Youre coming to the party, arent you?

S, voy a ir.Yes, Im going to go. No vas al partido, verdad?

Youre not going to the game, right? No, no voy. No, Im not going.


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Prctica

Conjugate the following verbs into the formindicated in the parenthesis.

1. comer (Ud.)2. escribir (nosotros)3. beber (yo)4. asistir (Mara y yo)5. leer (ella)

6. beber (ellos)7. abrir (yo)8. correr (t)

comeescribimosbeboasistimoslee

bebenabrocorres


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Irregular er/-ir verbs

Do you remember that tener and venir havego in the yo form?

The following do too.

hacer to do/to make poner to put

salir to go out/leave

traer to bringThe following verbs have irregular yo forms.

saber to know (information)

ver to see


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hacerhago hacemos

haceshace hacen

ponerpongo ponemo

s

ponespone ponen

traer

traigo traemos

traes

trae traen

salir

salgo salimos

sales

sale salen


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ver

veo vemosves

ve ven

saber

s sabemos

sabes

sabe saben


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Salir

Use the preposition deafter salir totalk about leaving a place. Salgo de mi casa a las siete. I leave my house at 7:00.

Use the preposition de after saberto say how much someone knowsabout something. No s mucho de arte. I dont know a lot about arte.


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Prctica

T _________ del colegio a las 5:30?a. hago b. sales c. salgo

Yo _________ mis papeles en mi mochila.a. pongo b. vemos c. salgo

Mi amigo _______ su tarea por la noche.a. ponen b. pone c. hace

A veces mis amigas ______ su almuerzo de casa.a. traen b. ponen c. traigo

Nosotros nunca __________ pelculas en la cafetera.a. s b. sabemos c. vemos

Yo no ______ mucho de computadoras.a. salgo b. s c. hace

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