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Building Verbs Puzzle - Spanish

Building Verbs Basic Explanation:

Compound verb phrases use 2 verbs together. The first verb is the

helping (or building) verb. The second is an infinitive. An infinitive is

the “name of the verb” or unconjugated form of the verb. In

English, infinitives always starts with “to” (to work, to go, to sing, to

fly, etc.) In Spanish, infinitives end with “-ar”, ‘-er”, or “-ir”

(hablar, estudiar, comer, vivir, etc.) On your yellow sheet, entitled

“Verbos Esenciales para Español 2”, you have a list of 142 infinitives

that you will need to know by the end of the year. You already know

many of them. In this unit you will learn to use the helping/building

verbs from the pink sheet with the infinitives on the yellow sheet.

To form compound verbs, you will conjugate (use the form that tells

who is doing the action) the first verb (from the pink sheet) and

use the infinitive of the second verb (from the yellow sheet.)

For example:

The conjugated forms of necesitar are: (find them on the pink

sheet in the middle of the left column).

Necesito (I need)

Necesitas (you need)

Necesita (he/she/you polite need/s)

Necesitamos (we need)

Necesitan (they need)

Put any of the above forms with any of the verbs on the yellow sheets.

For example:

I need to study: Necesito estudiar

You need to read: Necesitas leer

We need to play: Necesitamos jugar

He needs to sleep: Necesita dormir

I need to go: Necesito ir

They need to explain: Necesitan explicar

They need to leave: Necesitan salir

Building Verbs Puzzle - Spanish