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Present Tense Irregulars and Stem Change

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//by Sra. Lamb//
= Explanation: = The present tense has many verbs that are irregular--they don't follow the same pattern as the regular verbs. The conjugations for these verbs need to be memorized so that you can use and recall them. Many verbs that are irregular in the present tense are also irregular in the other tenses too.

Notes in Chart style:
destruir ||~ proteger recoger ||
 * ~ decir ||~ estar ||~ ir ||~ ser ||~ tener ||~ construir
 * digo || estoy || voy || soy || tengo || constru** y **o || prote** j **o ||
 * dices || estás || vas || eres || tienes || constru** y **es || proteges ||
 * dice || está || va || es || tiene || constru** y **e || protege ||
 * decimos || estamos || vamos || somos || tenemos || costruimos || protegemos ||
 * dicen || están || van || son || tienen || constru** y **en || protegen ||

Examples: //(notice I have more than the minimum requirement)//
La contaminación ** destruye ** el medio ambiente del mundo. Yo ** protejo ** el aire puro por montar en bicicleta porque quiero respirar bien. ¿** Vas ** a trabajar como voluntario y reciclar el cartón, el vidrio, y el plástico? Yo ** tengo ** tres hijos, dos padres, un esposo, dos cuñados, y un suegro. Los incendios forestales ** son ** sumamente peligrosos y dañan los árboles de los bosques.
 * Dicen ** que es la responsabilidad de todos en el mundo conservar los recursos naturales.

= Practice--click on the Link for the practice: //(notice that I have more than 5 practices inside my Jeopardy Game)// = Jeopardy Game

= Internet Explanation: = Irregular Verbs

= Internet Practices: //(notice I have more than one practice site)// = Conjuguemos--scroll down to Choose your verbs and hilight the irregular verbs from the chart above Spaleon --practice the Basic Verbs or choose your own Estar, Ir, & Dar

** Present Tense Stem Changers: Unit Lección Preliminar; pp. 25 & R30 **
** Explanation: ** These irregular verbs do follow the same pattern for endings as the regular present tense verbs. However, they are irregular in the stem of the verb--the main part of the verb before the ending. Stem Changers can be grouped into three different kinds: e to ie stem changers; o to ue stem changers; and e to i stem changers. What this means is that stem changing verbs that have an e in the stem will change that e to an ie when conjugated. Or the stem will change an o to ue. And a few verbs will change the e to a simple i. Again, these verbs need to be memorized in order to recognize that they are stem changers. These verbs are often called "shoe" verbs (or "boot" verbs) because the changes made follow the pattern similar to the shape of a shoe or boot: all the verbs but the nosotros/vosotros forms make the stem chage. 

** Notes in Chart style: **
 * = e to ie ||
 * ~ pensar--to think ||
 * ===p ie nso=== || ===pensamos=== ||
 * ===p ie nsas=== ||  ||
 * ===p ie nsa=== || ===p ie nsan=== ||


 * = o to ue ||
 * ~ dormir--to sleep ||
 * ===d ue rmo=== || ===dormimos=== ||
 * ===d ue rmes=== ||  ||
 * ===d ue rme=== || ===d ue rmen=== ||


 * = e to i ||
 * ~ servir--to serve ||
 * ===s i rvo === || ===servimos=== ||
 * ===s i rves === ||  ||
 * ===s i rve === || ===s i r ven=== ||

** Examples: ** ** //(notice I have more than the minimum requirement and use a Ton of vocabulary)// ** Cuando visito mi restaurante favorito, ** pido ** el gazpacho de entremés y chuletas de cerdo para mi plato principal. ** Probamos ** la receta nueva para la tarta de fresas, pero tenemos que añadir el azucar porque es sumamente agrio. ¿ **Te despiertas** temprano o ** prefieres ** dormir tarde? Para mí, es cierto que ** comienzo ** mi día muy temprano. Mis amigos ** almuerzan ** de una ensalada de espinacas, lechuga, zanahorias, y cebollas dules porque están en dieta. El emperador **cuenta** la historia de un guerrero valiente que pelea y ** muere ** en la última batalla cerca del palacio.

** Practice--click on the Link for the practice: **

** //(notice that I have more than 5 practices inside my PopUp game)// **
PopUp game

** Internet Explanation: ** DrLemon

** Internet Practices: ** ** //(notice I have more than one practice site)// ** O to UE E to IE E to I Mixed

Practice Both Irregulars and Stem Changers

Sites used for Explanations and Practice:
@http://www.quia.com/web @http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm @http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php @http://www.drlemon.com/Grammar101.html

Resource Site of All Possible