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
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In Spanish, to say that someone has to do something, you use the phrase "tener que" plus the infinitive of the verb.
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The phrase "tener ganas de" translates to "feel like" in English and is used to express wanting to do something.
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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
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Completa la frase: Yo ______ un libro.
¿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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