Spanish
Grade 4
15 min
Verbos regulares -AR
Verbos regulares -AR
What you'll learn
- Identify and differentiate between premises, evidence, and conclusions within authentic Spanish-language argumentative texts with 80% accuracy.
- Analyze the effectiveness of the evidence presented in a Spanish-language argument, using specific criteria such as relevance, credibility, and sufficiency, and justify their assessment in a written paragraph.
- Construct a well-organized argumentative paragraph in Spanish, including a clear premise, supporting evidence, and a logical conclusion, demonstrating proficiency based on a rubric with specific criteria for argumentation (e.g., clarity, coherence, support).
- Evaluate the validity of conclusions drawn in Spanish-language arguments by identifying potential logical fallacies or biases present in the reasoning with at least 75% accuracy.
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Introduction & Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Identify the stem of a regular -AR verb.
Recall the preterite endings for regular -AR verbs.
Conjugate regular -AR verbs in the preterite tense for all subject pronouns.
Correctly use accent marks on the 'yo' and 'él/ella/usted' forms.
Write a simple sentence in Spanish describing a completed action in the past using a regular -AR verb.
Differentiate between the present and preterite 'nosotros' form based on context.
What did you do yesterday? 🤔 Did you talk with friends or listen to music? Let's learn how to share our past adventures in Spanish!
Today, we will learn how to talk about things that already happened. We will focus on a special group of verbs called '-AR verbs' and learn the secret endings that p...
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Key Concepts & Vocabulary
TermDefinitionExample
VerboAn action word, like 'to run', 'to eat', or 'to talk'.Caminar (to walk), Cantar (to sing), Bailar (to dance).
InfinitivoThe basic, original form of a verb. In Spanish, they end in -AR, -ER, or -IR.The infinitive is 'hablar', which means 'to talk'.
Raíz (Stem)The part of the verb that is left after you remove the -AR, -ER, or -IR ending.For the verb 'cantar', the stem is 'cant-'.
Terminación (Ending)The letters you add to the stem to show who did the action and when it happened.For 'I talked', the ending is '-é', which you add to the stem 'habl-' to make 'hablé'.
Pretérito (Preterite)A past tense used for actions that are completed and finished.'Yo c...
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Grammar Rules & Patterns
Finding the Verb Stem
Infinitivo - AR = Raíz
To start conjugating any regular -AR verb, you must first find its stem. You do this by simply dropping the final -AR from the infinitive form.
Preterite Endings for -AR Verbs
yo: -é, tú: -aste, él/ella/usted: -ó, nosotros: -amos, ellos/ellas/ustedes: -aron
Once you have the stem, add the correct preterite ending to match the subject (the person or people doing the action). Notice the special accent marks on the 'yo' and 'él/ella/usted' endings!
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Challenging
Completa la historia: "El sábado, yo (1)______ a mi abuela. Nosotros (2)______ un pastel y luego (3)______ una película".
A.visité, cocinó, miraron
B.visitaste, cocinamos, miré
C.visité, cocinamos, miramos
D.visitó, cociné, miró
Challenging
Lee la primera oración: "Ayer, yo preparé la masa para las galletas." ¿Qué oración sigue lógicamente?
A.Mañana voy a comprar leche.
B.Después, yo horneé las galletas por 10 minutos.
C.Mi hermano no ayudó en la casa.
D.Ahora, yo estoy comiendo una manzana.
Challenging
¿Cuál oración describe una acción que empezó y terminó completamente en el pasado?
A.Yo estudio para mi examen.
B.Yo voy a estudiar mañana.
C.Yo estudié para mi examen anoche.
D.mí me gusta estudiar.
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