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Discussing daily activities
Present tense indicative of
regular verbs
A. Uses of present tense
1.Use the present tense to talk about activities,
present events, and present habitual actions.
 Los chicos juegan al tenis todas las tardes.
 The boys play tennis every afternoon.
 Yo soy vegetariana; no como carne.
 I am vegetarian; I don’t eat meant.
2.Use it also to make a past event more vivid,
especially in narration.
 Einstein descubre la ley de relatividad.
 Einstein discovers the law of relativity.
A. Uses of present tense
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When discussing actions in progress at the
moment of speaking, the present or present
progressive may be used.
Miro a Ester y me doy cuenta de que se parece
a su tía.
I look at Esther and I realize that she looks like
her aunt.
Ahora estoy escribiendo una novela.
Now I am writing a novel.
Note:
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The present tense in Spanish has several
equivalents in English:
Yo canto.
 I sing.
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Note:
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The present tense in Spanish has several
equivalents in English:
Yo canto.
 I do sing.
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Note:
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The present tense in Spanish has several
equivalents in English:
Yo canto.
 I am singing.
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B. Forms
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There are three major groups of verb
conjugation in the present: regular verbs,
irregular verbs, and stem-changing verbs.
Here are the forms for the regular verbs.
Irregular verbs and stem-changing verbs
are on pages 16-17.
Regular Verbs
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To conjugate a regular verb in the present tense add
these ending to the stem.
Subject
pronoun
-ar
-er
-ir
caminar
correr
escribir
yo
camino
corro
escribo
tú
caminas
corres
escribes
él, ella,Ud.
camina
corre
escribe
nosotros/as
caminamos
corremos
escribimos
vosotros/as
camináis
corréis
escribís
ellos/ellas/Uds. caminan
corren
escriben
Ejercicios
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