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Preterite vs. Imperfect #6
Now that your class has mastered the preterite tense, introduce the imperfect tense. Give them a verb conjugation chart to help them complete this short exercise. There are -ar, -ir, and common verbs to conjugate.
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Verbos: -ar
Use this short exercise as a bell-ringer or exit card to give your class a quick assessment. Are they learning how to conjugate verbs? Which ones might you need to reteach? Only 11 -ar verbs are listed.
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Verbs in Spanish
In this Spanish verbs learning exercise, students conjugate Spanish phrases with verbs back to English. Students complete 28 problems total.
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Conmigo y Contigo
How do you know when to use conél, conellas, conellos, con él, etc? Review these terms with your beginning Spanish speakers, and provide them with this practice opportunity. Example sentences are short and direct.
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Present Tense: All Verbs #2
Practice, practice, practice! That is the only way your Spanish language classes will learn how to conjugate verbs in the present tense. Give them this short activity as a bell-ringer or an exit ticket to assess their development.
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Preterite Tense: irregular verbs
Learning irregular verbs are tough since they don't follow some sort of pattern. Use this as a bell-ringer or an exit ticket to determine how much your class understands the challenging verbs in the preterite tense. Verbs like traer,...
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School Vocabulary and Expressions
Beginning Spanish speakers read the school related vocabulary and write the English translation for each word on the line provided. Although this activity was designed to accompany the Spanish classroom text ¡Buen Viaje!, you could...
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Subjunctive vs. Indicative (present only) #1
How do you use the subjunctive? Review the difficult tense with your intermediate Spanish language learners, and then give them this practice opportunity! There are only 10 fill in the blank questions, and your scholar inputs the correct...
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Collective Nouns
What are collective nouns? After discussing the idea with your emerging Spanish speakers, provide them with this practice opportunity. There are 32 questions, but it seems that multiple options could work for some of the questions...
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Present Participle: Gerunds
How do you form a gerund in Spanish? After discussing this special type of verb that functions as a noun, give your class this practice opportunity. Use it as a bell-ringer the day after you introduce gerunds, or send it home for...
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Past Participle: Participles in present perfect
Is your class familiar with past participles? While reading the short paragraph provided on a trip to Disney World, beginning Spanish speakers conjugate the verbs in parentheses. Use this as a ticket to class to ensure all kids do their...
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Present Tense: Stem-Changing Verbs #2
Remembering how to conjugate stem-changing verbs is always a challenge. It requires a lot of conjugation practice to burn those patterns into your memory! Use this half-sheet as a bell-ringer or complete it as a class.
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Preterite Tense: All Verbs #1
Practice conjugating! Beginning Spanish speakers read the short paragraph, conjugating the verbs in parentheses. All verb types are included, so there are -ar, -ir, and -er verbs to conjugate in the preterite tense.
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Preterite vs. Imperfect #3
Hm, to use the preterite or the imperfect? That is the question with this short practice activity! Use it as a bell-ringer or a short homework assignment. Learners simply read the paragraph and conjugate the verbs in parentheses to...
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Worksheet-Subjunctive vs. Infinitive
How do you teach the subjunctive? This sheet, intended for learners who already know what the subjunctive is and how it is formed, builds learners' understanding. First they'll simply change the verb from the infinitive to the...
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Present Progressive Tense
Teaching the present progressive? Your class needs this informative handout! Consider reading it through with them and stopping occasionally to provide practice opportunities or board examples.
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Present Progressive Tense
Practice the present progressive tense with three different exercises. In the first, simply take the infinitive and put it in the present progressive tense. Next, correctly conjugate the verb in parentheses so that the sentence makes...
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Matching the Phrases
What is the boy doing? As they study the pictures above, your beginning and intermediate Spanish language learners mark the correct sentences. On the second page, they do the same thing for a different set of pictures. Answers are not...
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Future Tense: Regular and Irregular Verbs #1
The next tense your class must master: the future tense! Use this simple activity as an exit ticket out of class. After introducing the future tense and how it's conjugated, provide your class with this activity to assess their...
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Present Tense: All Verbs
Present your class with this bell-ringer activity to review conjugating verbs in the present tense. It's short and sweet, but no answers are provided.
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Lectura Treinta y Dos: el lobo
Intermediate Spanish classes read a few paragraphs about two campers, their sled dogs, and a pack of curious wolves. Assess their reading comprehension with the seven questions that follow. The final question encourages readers to draw...
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Buen vs. Bien
Should you use buen or bien? These two are often confused! Give your learners these 32 sentences to test their understanding of both words.
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Find the Matching Sentence
Use this as a time-filler to practice translating simple Spanish sentences. For each of the three pictures shown, Spanish language learners must choose the sentence that describes the picture. Directions and answers are not included.