Spanish Reflexive Verbs and Present Tense

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Objective

I can conjugate regular present tense verbs and use reflexive verbs to describe daily routines in Spanish.

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Warm-up video

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    Reflexive verbs reflect the action back to the person doing the action.

  2. 2

    To indicate that a verb is reflexive in Spanish, we add se to the end of its infinitive form.

  3. 3

    The formula for using reflexive verbs is: subject + reflexive pronoun + conjugated verb.

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Practice

3 questions

1

Fill in the blank with the correct reflexive pronoun: Yo ____ lavo la cara.

2

Conjugate the reflexive verb 'despertarse' (to wake up) in the 'tú' form. What is the correct form?

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Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Conjugate the verb 'lavarse' (to wash oneself) in the 'yo' and 'nosotros' forms. Then, write a sentence using each conjugation to describe a daily routine.

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