Spanish Present Tense exercises
Practise with the song. Listen to Sol and type the missing words, then choose the right form. The answers and explanations are at the bottom.
Step 1
Hear it, then type it
This exercise uses the song itself, so it opens when the song is out on Fri 16 Oct, 16:00 UK.
Step 2
Choose the right form
Yo (I) or él / ella (he / she)? Read what the line means, then choose the form that fits.
1.Los viernes fuera y luego bailo,
on Fridays I eat out, and then I dance,
2.Los viernes ceno fuera y luego ,
on Fridays I eat out, and then I dance,
3.¡mi jefe me y habla una hora!
my boss calls me and talks for an hour!
4.¡mi jefe me llama y una hora!
my boss calls me and talks for an hour!
5. en Madrid y como a las tres,
I live in Madrid, and I eat at three,
6.Vivo en Madrid y a las tres,
I live in Madrid, and I eat at three,
7.él un café y abre el correo,
he drinks a coffee and opens his email,
8.él bebe un café y el correo,
he drinks a coffee and opens his email,
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Answers
Choose the right form
- Los viernes ceno fuera y luego bailo,“I eat out” is the yo form: it ends in -o, ceno.
- Los viernes ceno fuera y luego bailo,“I dance”: yo ends in -o, bailo.
- ¡mi jefe me llama y habla una hora!Mi jefe is él: -ar verbs end in -a, llama.
- ¡mi jefe me llama y habla una hora!No accent in the present: habla is now, habló is the past.
- Vivo en Madrid y como a las tres,“I live”: yo ends in -o, vivo.
- Vivo en Madrid y como a las tres,“I eat”: yo ends in -o, como.
- él bebe un café y abre el correo,Él with an -er verb: it ends in -e, bebe.
- él bebe un café y abre el correo,Él with an -ir verb ends in -e too: abre.
Every verb from this song is in its group, with its infinitive, yo and él forms, in the verb tables on the song's page.
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