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.
Practice: Present tense of -ar, -er, -ir verbs
Verbs included:
AR: hablar, mirar, comprar, tocar, estudiar, ayudar
ER: comer, aprender, leer, vender, correr, beber
IR: vivir, escribir, abrir, compartir, recibir, decidir
For each verb type: -ar, -er, -ir, there are two sections
Part 1: Match each conjugation with its subject (person) using the verb bank. (6 total for all 6 persons)
Part 2: Complete each sentence below by writing the correct verb conjugation in the first blank using part 1. For the second blank, expand on the sentence by adding 2-3 words. Your sentence must make sense. (6 sentences total)
Answer key is included for the verb conjugations only. For part 2, student answers will vary for the second blank.
Pages 1-2 are the practice and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
Example:
Part 1: Match each conjugation with its subject (person) using the verb bank.
Verb bank: compran / hablo / miráis / ayudas / estudiamos / toca
Yo: _______________ Nosotros: ________________
Tú: _______________ Vosotros: ________________
Él: ________________ Uds: ____________________
Part 2: Complete each sentence below by writing the correct verb conjugation in the first blank using part 1. For the second blank, expand on the sentence by adding 2-3 words. Your sentence must make sense.
Yo ______________ con mis amigos ________________________________
Tú _____________ a tu madre _____________________________________
Practice: Spelling change -car, -gar, -zar preterit verbs
For each verb type, the practice is structured in the following way.
Part 1: Write the spelling change in the blank provided. (4 total)
Example:
Buscar: to look for / Yo: bus_____ é
Part 2: Complete each sentence by writing the correct verb from part 1 and add 3-4 words in the second blank to expand on the sentence. No on-line translators. (4 total)
Ayer yo ___________ un libro _________________________________
Part 3: Conjugate each verb for all persons in the preterit. (2 total)
Page 1: -CAR / verbs included: buscar, tocar, practicar, sacar
Page 2: -GAR / verbs included: jugar, pagar, llegar, entregar
Page 3: -ZAR / verbs included: empezar, comenzar, almorzar, cruzar
Answer key is included. Note: In part 2, student answers will vary in the second blank.
Pages 1-3 are the practice and pages 4-6 are the answer key.
Paragraph practice: ser, ir, dar, estar, ver, hacer present tense
Complete each short paragraph using the word bank provided.
Students will complete 6 paragraphs. Each paragraph has 6 sentences and each sentence uses a different verb. Answer key is included.
Subjects used in each paragraph:
Paragraph 1: Yo / Paragraph 2: Tú / Paragraph 3: Ud / Paragraph 4: Nosotros / Paragraph 5: Vosotros / Paragraph 6: Uds
Example:
Paragraph 1
hago / doy / estoy / voy / veo / soy
Yo _____________ un libro a mi amigo. Yo ______________ en la clase. Yo ____________ alto. Yo ______________ al cine más tarde. Yo ____________ los quehaceres de casa. Cada noche yo __________ mi programa favorito.
Pages 1-2 are the practice and pages 3-4 are the answer key.
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.
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.
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.
Present tense regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs conversation worksheet
Complete each mini conversation by conjugating the verb in parenthesis in the first blank and adding at least 3 or more words in the second blank. T
There are 8 conversations per verb type
Verbs included:
Page 1: AR verbs: hablar, practicar, viajar, escuchar, mirar, comprar, bailar, visitar
Page 2: ER verbs: comer, leer, beber, vender, romper, aprender, barrer, correr
Page 3: IR verbs: escribir, asistir, abrir, compartir, decidir, recibir, vivir, imprimir
Verb endings are provided on top of every page for reference. All questions are the same for all verbs .
Example
¿Qué haces tú? (hablar: to speak)
Yo ______________ + ________________________________
¿Qué hace Ud? (practicar: to practice)
Yo ______________ + _______________________________
¿Qué hace él? (viajar: to travel
Él______________ + ________________________________
This practice can also be done orally by students, and can be used for classwork, homework, or quiz.
A partial answer key (pages 4-6) with conjugations only is included, as student answers will vary for the second blank.
Practice: Seguir + present participle
Complete each sentence with the correct conjugation of seguir in the first blank and the present participle in the second blank.
Part 1: -Ar present participles (6 total)
Part 2: - Er present participles (6 total)
Part 3: -Ir present participles (6 total)
Part 4: Present participles with I-Y spelling change (5 total / verbs included: leer, traer, creer, caer, construir)
Part 5: Irregular (e-i stem change) present participles (5 total / verbs included: pedir, servir, repetir, corregir, competir)
Example;
Part 1: -AR present participles
Yo ____________ / ____________________ en la clase. (hablar)
Tú ____________ / ____________________ en la calle. (caminar)
Él ____________ / ____________________ en la sala. (bailar)
Answer key is included.
Pages 1-2 are the practice and page 3-4 are the answer key.