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I will be able to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense in the singular form (Buch

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He plays soccer. I play soccer.

1. Look at the two English sentences and check if you see a difference in the verb?______________________________________________

2. Now look at the two German sentences and check if you see a difference in the verb?Er spielt Fußball. Ich spiele Fußball.___________________________________________________________________

One verb ends in a “s” and in the second sentence it does not.

In the first sentence the verb ends in a “t” and in the secondsentence it ends in an “e”.

Lernziel: I will be able to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense in the singular form (Buch Seite 50)

3. What letter does the verb ends in if the subject is “ich”? ____

4. What is a good way to remember this?____________________________________

5. What letter does the verb ends in if the subject is “du”? _____

6. What is a good way to remember this?_________________________________________

7. What letter does the verb ends in if the subject is “er”? ___

8. . What is a good way to remember this?____________________________

e

If it is all about me, the verb ends in an “e”

st

You should eat some stew, or “du” turns to “dust”

t

He or she should drink some tea!

Learning Target: I will be able to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense in the singular form (Seite 48)

PRESENT TENSE VERB FORMSVERB KONJUGATION - SINGULAR

The __________ language has ________ than __________ verb form _____________. It has a total of ______.So, how do I know what __________ form __________ to use? First I have to find the ___________ of the ____________. INFINITIVEIn _____________ the infinitive of “live” or “lives” is ____________. In German the infinitive is a ______________ of the __________ of the verb and the verb ___________. ____________ = ________ + _________

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endinginfinite

Once you know the ____________ of the __________ you then need to know the ______________ verb ending. The verb ending ______________ depending on the ___________________.

This sounds ______________, but it is not. You just need to take your _____________, look at the _______________ ________________ and know your __________ _______________.

ichdu

er/Jenssie/Tara

es

to play - spielen

spiel

spiel

spiel

spiel

spiel

e

st

t

t

t