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Review: Use Common Present Irregulars

Common verbs have forms that cannot all be produced from a regular ending rule. Learn supplied paradigms in meaningful contexts, then check subject agreement rather than treating every changed stem as an error.

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Unit review questions
1. Repair this flawed supplied present statement: “tú tengo”. Use tener (have), preserve tú and the supplied meaning. The supplied completion describes “quince años” (age fifteen) or “un cuaderno” (a notebook). Which replacement form restores agreement?
Need a hint?
  • Match the named subject to the tener form.
  • The question supplies a fictional age or possession; no real personal information is requested.
2. Repair this flawed supplied present statement: “tú hago”. Use hacer (do/make), preserve tú and the supplied meaning. The intended action is “la tarea” (the task/homework). Which replacement form restores agreement?
Need a hint?
  • Start with the explicitly supplied subject and choose its paradigm entry.
  • This is a common irregular yo pattern, not a rule that every verb ending in cer behaves identically.
3. Repair this flawed supplied present statement: “tú voy”. Use ir (go), preserve tú and the supplied meaning. The supplied destination is “a la biblioteca” (to the library). Which replacement form restores agreement?
Need a hint?
  • Select the ir form matching the named subject.
  • Ir is highly irregular and does not use a regular ir-class stem such as ir-o.
4. Repair the flawed present sentence “tú puedo estudiar” without changing tú, the can/be-able meaning or estudiar.
Need a hint?
  • First identify whether the supplied meaning is want or can.
  • Stem changes are verb-specific and tense-specific.

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Create a four-part Spanish practice sheet from the following supplied situations. 1. Turn the third-person label “ella tiene” into the speaker’s own yo statement, keeping tener (have) present. The supplied completion describes “quince años” (age fifteen) or “un cuaderno” (a notebook). Which replacement form is needed? Candidate answers: (A) tenemos (B) tengo (C) tiene (D) tienes. 2. Turn the third-person label “ella hace” into the speaker’s own yo statement, keeping hacer (do/make) present. The intended action is “la tarea” (the task/homework). Which replacement form is needed? Candidate answers: (A) hace (B) hacemos (C) haces (D) hago. 3. Turn the third-person label “ella va” into the speaker’s own yo statement, keeping ir (go) present. The supplied destination is “a la biblioteca” (to the library). Which replacement form is needed? Candidate answers: (A) va (B) vamos (C) vas (D) voy. 4. Present-time supplied sentence: “yo ___ estudiar” (study). Use poder (can/be able) and choose the missing verb for that subject. Candidate answers: (A) podemos (B) puede (C) puedes (D) puedo.

Work on paper or in your own document. Explain the choices you made.

  • Use the exact supplied situation and speaker rather than personal details.
  • Show the relevant word ending, evidence phrase, time cue or meaning distinction.
  • Write all four requested results with accents and punctuation.
  • Explain one rejected alternative and check that meaning remains faithful to the input.
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1. tengo. The present paradigm for this verb pairs yo with tengo. This form must be learned rather than produced by an assumed fully regular pattern; the other options refer to a different grammatical person or number. 2. hago. The present paradigm for this verb pairs yo with hago. This form must be learned rather than produced by an assumed fully regular pattern; the other options refer to a different grammatical person or number. 3. voy. The present paradigm for this verb pairs yo with voy. This form must be learned rather than produced by an assumed fully regular pattern; the other options refer to a different grammatical person or number. 4. puedo. poder pairs yo with puedo. The following estudiar stays an infinitive. Querer changes e to ie and poder o to ue in the selected singular/third-plural forms, while nosotros retains queremos/podemos.

A different response can also meet the criteria. Compare the evidence and reasoning, rather than copying the wording.