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• a “doing” word
• an “action” word
A verb can be
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A mental
activity
Have a look at these words.
Which ones are verbs ?
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glue
see
more
paper
tree
eighty
call
walk
hair
fly
screen
add
red
numb
music
land
Where are the verbs in this text ?
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The three students entered the
restaurant, selected a table, hung
their coats on the backs of their
chairs and sat down. They looked at
the menu and asked the waitress
what she recommended. She
advised the daily special, beef stew.
It was not expensive. They chose a
bottle of red wine and ordered a
salad. The service was slow, but the
food tasted very good. They ate
chocolate cake for dessert and
finished the meal with coffee.
I wonder what
The
When
form
you’re
of the
doing
verb
an
infinitive
looksyou
like……
your
that
coursework,
will find
you’ll
listed
need
in the
to use
your
dictionary
dictionary
is called
to find
the
Spanish
INFINITIVE.
verbs.
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to sing
to make
All infinitives in
be
English starttowith
to read
to know
to
to be able
to have
to type
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to run
to think
to differentiate
The infinitive tells
you
to tell
to want
the action of the verb
to take
without
reference to
any specifictoperson
to tie
recordor
tense / time.
All infinitives
in
cantar
hacer
Spanish end with
ser
estar
leer
-ar, -er
saber
or -ir
poder
tener
escribir
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correr
pensar
diferenciar
Therefore therequerer
are
decir
three groups of verbs in
tomar AR verbs, ER
Spanish:
verbs and IR
verbs.
atar
grabar
The AR group is the
biggest, IR the
smallest.
Here are some tips for using the
dictionary to find the verb you
need.
Let’s say you want to find out the Spanish
for we played.
How will you find it ?
1. Work out what the infinitive is.
play
to ____________
2. Look up the infinitive in the dictionary.
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Remember
‘play’
can be
noun as well
3. Once that
you’ve
found
thea infinitive
– as a
verb.
jugar if you
played
a sport,
tocar
Look
up ‘play’
not ‘to’
! if you
You’ll
know
you’ve found
a verb
firstly
by
played
anthat
instrument
– look
at the
other
looking
at the ending
and secondly
presentations
to work
out how by
to checking
put the
that the abbreviation vti, vtr, vt or vb is there.
infinitive in the appropriate part of the
past tense.
What is the English infinitive that
you would look up for each of
these verb forms ?
a. She tried
b. I see
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to try
to see
c. They will go
to go
d. Nina stamps
to stamp
e. You were
to be
f. You went
to go
g. José worries
h. We used to have
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to worry
to have
That’s all the basics of verbs.
Have a look at the Subjects of
Verbs presentation next.
Have a go at the exercises to
check your understanding.
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