Conjugating Tener in the Present Tense

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Objective

Puedo conjugar el verbo tener en el tiempo presente.

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    In Spanish, to say that someone has to do something, you use the phrase "tener que" plus the infinitive of the verb.

  2. 2

    The phrase "tener ganas de" translates to "feel like" in English and is used to express wanting to do something.

  3. 3

    To express age in Spanish, you use the verb tener and say that someone "has" years, for example, "Los estudiantes tienen 15 años" means the students are 15 years old.

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Practice

10 questions

1

Completa la frase: Yo ______ un libro.

2

¿Cuál es la forma correcta del verbo 'tener' para 'ellos'?

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Exit ticket

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Completa las siguientes oraciones con la forma correcta del verbo tener: Yo ____ un perro. Ellos ____ mucha tarea. ¿Tú ____ un lápiz?

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