All of my students I tutor are going into finals this week and next week, which is why I would like to take some time to point out some help to those Spanish II students of mine who need to know the difference between the past tenses in Spanish.
This website has several exercises to get you thinking about the differences and it will give you immediate feedback with the reason for the choice.
The first three options give you the verb conjugated correctly in both tenses, all you have to do is choose which one is the correct tense.
The 4th option has you type in the conjugations which means you have to choose the correct tense and the correct conjugation within that tense! So you have to know who the subject of the sentence is (that is who is controlling the verb).
The last option is a video comprehension one where you watch (and listen) to the video and then you have the choice of doing the exercise without the verb given to you or with it and the subject given to you. I would strong suggest the first option (sin los verbos) as that would be more like what will be on the test!
Good luck and if you have any questions please feel free to send me an email or comment on this post!
Showing posts with label Conjugating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conjugating. Show all posts
12 April 2011
Conjugation Practice
¡Conjuguemos! is a great site to practice conjugating. There you are able to select the tense(s) you want to practice. Which verbs you want to focus on and which pronouns.
Basically all that means is that if you want to practice irregular preterite stems you choose that category. Then if you are struggling the most with the 'yo' and 'él' conjugations because you forget they don't have accents, you can select just those two pronouns. Then if you want to practice all the irregulars or just certain verbs you can choose those verbs (the list include caber, which most students don't learn until more advanced level Spanish classes).
Finally you choose how many minutes you want to practice and off you go! At the end it will tell you how many conjugations you attempted and how many you got right. It's also really easy to add in accents. All you do is type the letter and then click on the "add accent" button.
Remember it is good to also practice with verbs that you don't know. Just because you don't know what the verb means, doesn't mean you can't figure out what to do with it!
Have fun practicing!
Basically all that means is that if you want to practice irregular preterite stems you choose that category. Then if you are struggling the most with the 'yo' and 'él' conjugations because you forget they don't have accents, you can select just those two pronouns. Then if you want to practice all the irregulars or just certain verbs you can choose those verbs (the list include caber, which most students don't learn until more advanced level Spanish classes).
Finally you choose how many minutes you want to practice and off you go! At the end it will tell you how many conjugations you attempted and how many you got right. It's also really easy to add in accents. All you do is type the letter and then click on the "add accent" button.
Remember it is good to also practice with verbs that you don't know. Just because you don't know what the verb means, doesn't mean you can't figure out what to do with it!
Have fun practicing!
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