Practise the present tense of -ar verbs (ctd)

On the previous page, you practised just the 'yo' and 'tú' forms ("I" and "you" singular) of the present tense. Now, we'll add some more forms:

to make the he/she form, replace -ar with -a;
to make the you (formal) form (the usted), also use the he/she form;
to make the we form (nosotros in Spanish), replace -ar with -amos.

Note that the pronoun nosotros becomes nosotras when all the people referred to are female. But since subject pronouns are generally omitted in Spanish, that won't concern us here.

Here is a reminder of the verbs we're using, although you of course will have learnt some of them by now...

trabajar to work	caminar to walk
preguntar to ask	terminar to finish
tomar to drink	esperar to hope
dibujar to draw	amar to love
explicar to explain	utilizar to use

Suggest a change / Cambios sugeridos

In the grid below, you will practise a mixture of the above forms plus the yo and tú forms from before. Again, it's worth spending a little while practising so that these forms come to you more or less without hesitation. In particular, watch out for the difference between the informal "you" form ending in -as (which you were practising on the previous page) and the formal "you" form, ending in -a. (We'll refer to the informal form by saying that we're talking to a "single friend".)

Next...

Now, you have a choice depending on whether or not you want to practise the Spanish vosotros form of the verb. Recall that this form is not generally used in Latin America. Choose from:

practise all present tense forms of -ar verbs, including the Spanish vosotros form;
practise the Latin American forms of -ar verbs, which exclude vosotros (and where the ustedes form covers both informal and formal plural "you").

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