501 Essential Spanish Verbs

Pablo Garcia Loaeza

• Editorial: Dover Publications
• Año: 2012
• ISBN:
  9780486122533
• Categoría: Languages & Linguistics
• Categoría: Spanish Language

Verbs are the backbone of any language, and if you can't conjugate them, you can't communicate. This compilation of more than 500 common verbs helps beginners as well as the most advanced Spanish students. Each page focuses on an individual verb, presenting full conjugations of multiple tenses, plus several sentences that illustrate common usage. This book is equally suitable as a classroom text or as a guide to independent study.

VERB PRACTICE

Once you have reviewed the introduction, you may want to test your verbal dexterity by attempting the exercises that follow with the aid of the conjugated verbs in this book. The answers are provided at the end of this section.

1. For the following sentences, conjugate the verb in parentheses in the present tense of the indicative mood.
   1. ¡Hola! ¿Cómo _____________ (estar) hoy?
      Hello! How are you today?
   2. Mi nombre _____________ (ser) Juan y _____________ (ser) de España.
      My name is Juan and I am from Spain.
   3. Mis amigos y yo _____________ (querer) visitar la ciudad.
      My friends and I want to visit the city.
   4. Tú y tu novia _________ (poder) venir con nosotros, si _____________ (querer).
      You and your girlfriend can come with us, if you want to.
   5. Le _____________ (tener) que preguntar a ella, pero _____________ (creer) que dirá que sí.
      I have to ask her, but I think that she will say yes.
   6. ¿A dónde _________ (pensar, ustedes) ir primero?
      Where are you thinking of going first?
   7. ¿Por qué no _____________ (ir, nosotros) al museo de arte moderno?
      Why don’t we go to the modern art museum?
   8. Escuché que _...