My resources are grammar based and include graphic organizers, worksheets, tests, quizzes, and personal questions. Most grammar items are based on present, preterit, imperfect, and present subjunctive tenses. Most resources are accompanied by an answer key. I hope you find them helpful for your students and your courses.
My resources are grammar based and include graphic organizers, worksheets, tests, quizzes, and personal questions. Most grammar items are based on present, preterit, imperfect, and present subjunctive tenses. Most resources are accompanied by an answer key. I hope you find them helpful for your students and your courses.
Reflexive verbs sentence completion activity (present tense)
Part 1: Complete each sentence by conjugating the reflexive verb and by choosing the appropriate phrase from the word bank below to complete the sentence. (10 sentences total)
Regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs only in part 1.
Verbs included: lavarse, levantarse, desayunarse, mirarse, quedarse, secarse, ducharse, maquillarse, ponerse, aburrirse
Example
con jabón y agua / la fiesta de cumpleaños
(lavarse) Yo _______ / ______________ las manos _________
Answer: Yo me / lavo las manos con jabón y agua.
Part 2: Same as part 1 using stem change verbs. (9 sentences total)
Verbs included: sentarse, despertarse, divertirse, sentirse, probarse, acostarse, dormirse, vestirse, despedirse
Example
las noches escolares / una silla en la sala
(sentarse > e-ie) En mi casa yo _______ / _______________ en __________
Answer: Yo me / siento en una silla en la sala.
Answer key is included.
Pages 1-2 are the practice and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
Go verbs review practice
Complete each question and the verb table with the correct conjugation of the verb in the present tense. Make the appropriate stem changes where needed.
Verbs included: hacer, poner, salir, caer, decir, tener, venir, oir, traer (9 total)
There are 9 questions total.
For each verb, students will have a question and a verb table. See below.
(hacer) Qué ______________ tú? Yo ______________ mis quehaceres (chores).
For the verb table, students will write the conjugations of hacer for
Él / Ella / Ud, Nosotros, Vosotros, Ellos / Ellas / Uds
Pages 1-2 are the practice and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
Answer key is included.
Stem change verbs practice
E-IE stem change verbs
Verbs included: pensar, querer, mentir, preferir, empezar, comenzar, entender
Part 1: Complete each blank with the correct conjugation. Note: Stem change verbs have a stem change in all conjugations except nosotros and vosotros. (7 total)
All verbs are structured as follows:
Example
Pensar: to think
Yo _______________ en el fin de semana. ¿En qué ______________ tú?
Nosotros: _____________ Vosotros: __________________
Él / ella / Ud: _____________ Ellos / Ellas / Uds: _______________
Part 2: Answer the 7 personal questions with the aforementioned verbs in a complete sentence. All questions are information questions.
Answer key is included. For part 2, student answers will vary.
Pages 1-3 are the practice and pages 4-6 are the answer key.
Reading conversation: La mochila con materiales escolares
Marcos just bought a new backpack with school supplies to start off the new school year. His younger sister Elena is asking him about why each school supply item is used. Complete Marcos’s responses using the word bank provided.
School supplies included: el lápiz, las carpetas, el resaltador, el cuaderno, la memoria flash, la grapadora, los bolígrafos, las tijeras, la calculadora, el borrador,
la regla, las crayolas (12 total)
Example:
para guardar mis papeles / para escribir
Elena: ¿Qué haces con el lápiz?
Marcos: Yo lo uso ________________________________
Answer: Yo lo uso para escribir.
Elena: ¿Qué haces con las carpetas?
Marcos: Yo las uso ____________________________________
Answer: Yo las uso para guardar mis papeles.
Pages 1-2 are the conversation and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
Students can also complete this conversation orally, if desired.
Practice: Ser mini conversations (present tense)
Complete each mini conversation with the correct conjugation of ser.
There are 16 mini conversations. Answer key is included.
Example:
Daniel: ¿Cómo _______ tú?
Tomás: Yo _________ alto, moreno, y simpático.
Elena: ¿Qué hora __________?
Carmen: __________ las dos de la tarde.
Pages 1-2 are the practice and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
This is a worksheet to practice the uses of estar in the present tense.
Part 1: Complete each mini conversation with the correct conjugation of estar. (8 total)
Example:
Lola: ¿Cómo _________ tú?
Enrique: Yo __________ bien.
Part 2: Estar with prepositions
Complete each mini conversation with the correct conjugation of estar in the first two blanks and the correct preposition in Spanish in the last blank. The preposition is indicated in parenthesis and use the word bank provided. (8 total)
Example:
Juan: ¿Dónde __________ tu casa?
Pablo: Mi casa ____________ / __________________ la escuela. (near)
Part 3: Estar with present participles (“ing” form of the verb)
Example:
Write the correct form of estar and the present participle for every sentence. (5 total)
Yo ____________ / _____________________ con mi amigo. (hablar)
Irregular present participles: Write the “ing” form of the verb. (6 total)
Example:
Leer: _________________
Present participles with stem changes (6 total)
Example:
Pedir (e-i):__________________
Answer key is included for all sections.
Page 1: Part 1 , Page 2: Part 2, Page 3: Part 3
Pages 1-3 are the practice and pages 4-6 are the answer key.
Reading: Extracurricular activities mini conversations (present tense)
Complete each conversation using the word bank provided. Do not change any words.
There are 5 conversations total. Answer key is included.
Note: The first 3 lines will be the same in all conversations. (see examp below)
Example:
Conversación 1
Word bank: los fotos / anuario / profesores / trabajo
Marcos: ¿En qué actividad participas después de la escuela?
Paula: Yo participo en el club de ______________________.
Marcos: ¿Qué haces en el club?
Paula: Yo organizo __________________ de los estudiantes y los profesores . Yo _________________ con otros estudiantes en el club y dos otros ______________________.
Extracurricular activies included: el club de anuario, el equipo de natación, el club de arte, el club de artes marciales, el club de poesía
Pages 1-2 are the conversations and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
This is a worksheet to practice the present tense of Jugar
Part 1: Conjugate the verb jugar in the present tense for all persons
Part 2: Matching write the correct letter of the conjugation (10 total)
Part 3: Write a complete sentence about the sport each person is playing. Conjugate the verb jugar and contract a + el to al before the name of the sport. Write your sentences in the template provided. (6 total)
Example: 1. Yo / jugar / a + el / béisbol con mi equipo
Part 4: Answer in a complete sentence using the phrase in parenthesis. (6 total)
Example: 1. ¿Dónde juegas tú? (en casa) Note: All questions are the same but with different subjects and different phrases in parenthesis.
Answer key is included for all sections.
Pages 1-2 are the practice and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
Stem change verbs practice: E-I stem change verbs (present tense)
Verbs included: pedir, servir, repetir, competir, seguir, vestirse
Part 1: Complete each blank with the correct conjugation. Note: Stem change verbs have a stem change in all conjugations except nosotros and vosotros. (6 total)
All verbs except morir are structured as follows:
Example
Pedir: to ask for / to order
¿Qué ________________ tú en el café? Yo _______________ el té.
Nosotros:__________________ Vosotros: ___________________
Él / Ella / Ud: _________________ Ellos / Ellas / Uds: ___________________
Part 2: Answer the 6 personal questions with the aforementioned verbs in a complete sentence. All questions are information questions.
Answer key is included. For part 2, student answers will vary.
Pages 1-2 are the practice and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
Stem change verbs structured conjugation practice (e-i)
For each infinitive, make the appropriate stem change in column 2 and write the appropriate verb endings in column 4. Do not make any stem changes in the nosotros and vosotros conjugations
Verbs included: pedir, repetir, servir, competir, seguir, decir
Answer key is included.
Pages 1-2 are the practice and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
This practice can be used as students are being introduced to e-i stem change verbs.
Stem change verbs structured practice (o-ue)
For each infinitive, make the appropriate stem change in column 2 and write the appropriate verb endings in column 4. Do not make any stem changes in the nosotros and vosotros conjugations
Verbs included: almorzar, mostrar, volver, devolver, poder, dormir
Answer key is included.
This practice can be used as students are being introduced to o-ue stem change verbs.
Pages 1-2 are the practice and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
This worksheet is a guided practice on e-ie stem change verbs in the present tense.
For each of the three infinitives (pensar, querer, preferir), students will find the vowel that stem changes, write the stem and the stem change and correct verb ending in the spaces provided.
On the last page, students will conjugate 6 infinitives for all persons (empezar, entender, mentir, cerrar, perder, sugerir)
Answer key is included.
Pages 1-3 are the practice and pages 4-6 are the answer key.
This practice can be used as students are first introduced to e-ie stem change verbs.
This worksheet is a guided practice on E-I stem change verbs in the present tense.
For each of the three infinitives (Pedir, Servir, Repetir), students will find the vowel that stem changes, write the stem, the stem change, and the correct verb ending in the spaces provided.
On the last page, students will conjugate 5 infinitives for all persons (competir, seguir, decir, repetir, medir)
Answer key is included.
Pages 1-3 are the practice and pages 4-6 are the answer key.
This practice can be used as students are first introduced to E-I stem change verbs.
La casa y los quehaceres sentence activity with tener que + infinitive
Part 1: Marcos has six members in his family: La mamá, el papá, his brother José, and his sisters Paula and Isabel. Each person is in a different room or location in their house. Based on where each person is, write a sentence using tener que + infinitive using the correct infinitive phrase from the word bank below. Write your sentences in the template provided.
Students will write 8 sentences (two for Marcos and his mother and one each for the rest of the family members)
Word bank for infinitive phrase (use in the last column)
arreglar el dormitorio / pasar la aspiradora / limpiar el dormitorio / cortar el césped / barrer el suelo / lavar los platos / sacudir los muebles / lavar el coche
Ex: 1. La mamá está en la cocina.
Part 2: Write 5 sentences about the chores that you have to do. Use infinitive phrases from the word bank below or come up with your own. (Note: The word bank is the same as above with a few more chores added)
Answer key is included for part 1 only.
Pages 1-2 are the practice and pages 3-4 are the answer key for part 1 only. For part 2, student answers will vary.
This is a worksheet to practice writing original sentences using tener + que + infinitive
Complete each sentence using the following guidelines:
Write the conjugation of the verb tener (to have) in the first blank
Write the infinitive ending (-ar, -er, -ir) in the second blank
Add 2-3 words to expand on the sentence and be sure it makes sense
There are 18 sentences total separated by infinitives (6- ar, 6 -er, 6 -ir). Note: A list of infinitives are provided with their English translation prior to each group of sentences.
*A table with conjugations of tener for all persons is provided before every set of sentences.
Example
hablar: to speak / comer: to eat / vivir: to live
Yo __________ que habl ____ / _______________________________
Yo __________ que com ____ / ______________________________
Yo __________ que viv ____ / _________________________________
Length: 2 pages
Imperfect tense sentence order activity (-ar, -er, -ir verbs)
For each verb type (-ar, -er, -ir), write the correct subject and verb conjugation using the word bank below. Then, add 3-4 words to expand on the sentence. Be sure your sentence makes sense.
The word bank includes subject and conjugated verbs (students must choose the right verb for every subject). A structured template with clue words (cada tarde, de niño(a) etc) is provided for students to write their sentences.
Students will write a total of 18 sentences (6 -ar, 6 -er, 6 -ir)
Page 1: AR verbs (bailar, jugar, hablar, mirar, invitar, caminar)
Page 2: ER verbs (correr, leer, aprender, comer, beber, querer)
Page 3: IR verbs (vivir, escribir, salir, recibir, venir, compartir)
*English translations of infinitives are also included for reference.
A partial answer key (pages 4-6) is included with subjects and verb conjugations only, as student answers will vary.
For each verb type (-ar, -er, -ir), write the correct subject and verb conjugation using the word bank below. Then, add 3-4 words to expand on the sentence. Be sure your sentence makes sense.
The word bank includes subject and conjugated verbs (students must choose the right verb for every subject). A structured template with clue words (ayer, anoche etc) is provided for students to write their sentences.
Students will write a total of 18 sentences (6 -ar, 6 -er, 6 -ir)
Page 1: AR verbs (hablar, bailar, estudiar, mirar, caminar, ayudar)
Page 2: ER verbs (comer, correr, beber, vender, aprender, comprender)
Page 3: IR verbs (vivir, escribir, salir, recibir, abrir, compartir)
*English translations of infinitives are also included for reference.
A partial answer key (pages 4-6) is included with subjects and verb conjugations only, as student answers will vary.
GO VERBS PRACTICE (Tiny conversations)
Complete each tiny conversation with the correct conjugation of the verb. Note: The yo form ends in -go and all other forms have regular conjugations.
Verbs included: hacer, poner, venir, tener, salir, decir, traer, oir (8 total)
There are 5 tiny conversations per verb.
Example:
Hacer: to do / to make
José: ¿Qué __________ tú? / Miguel: Yo __________ los quehaceres.
José: ¿Qué __________ él? / Miguel: Él ___________ la tarea.
José: ¿Qué __________ vosotros? / Miguel: Nosotros ____________ la cama.
José: ¿Qué __________ Uds? / Miguel: Nosotros ___________ cola.
José: ¿Qué __________ Carmen y Alfredo? / Miguel: Ellos ____________ la cena.
Students can also do the practice orally in pairs. Answer key is included
Pages 1-3 are the practice and pages 4-6 are the answer key.
This practice can be used for classwork, homework, test / quiz, or entry / exit slip (broken up over a few days).
Reflexive verbs conjugation practice (regular verbs)
Complete each table with the following guidelines:
In column 1, write the appropriate reflexive pronoun (RP: me, te, se etc)
In column 2, write the stem
In column 3, write the appropriate verb ending
Verbs included: lavarse, bañarse, ducharse, secarse, afeitarse, maquillarse
This practice can be used when students are first introduced to reflexive verbs.
Answer key is included. Pages 1-2 are the practice and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
Tener que infinitive practice
Complete each sentence by writing the correct conjugation of tener in the first blank and the appropriate infinitive (-ar, -er, -ir) in the second blank using the word bank provided.
In addition to learning the concept of tener que infinitive, this practice involves reading comprehension.
Answer key is included.
Example:
repetir: to repeat / jugar: to play (a sport) / estudiar: to study
Yo _____________ que _________________ con mis amigos.
Tú _____________ que _________________ para el examen.
La profesora que la lección para sus estudiantes.
Page 1: #1-10 with word bank for numbers 1-10 only, Page 2: #11-20 with word bank for numbers 11-20 only.