HOMEWORK: AZUL

AZUL HOMEWORK 1 (due at class 2)

Lesson: Regular Verbs of the First Conjugation (-AR Verbs)

This is the biggest group of verbs in Spanish. They are regular because their root does not change and their endings are

Anatomy of a first conjugation verb: HABLAR (to talk/speak)

The form of “HABLAR,” ending in “R,” is called the “infinitive.”

HABL- is the root.

-AR is the infinitive ending.

When conjugating -AR verbs in the present indicative, you take off the infinitive ending and add these six endings:

-O -AMOS

-AS

-A -AN

So LEVANTAR (to lift) is conjugated like this:

Here are some more verbs in this group:

pasar (to pass/to happen)

llevar (to carry)

llamar (to call)

esperar (to wait)

entrar (to enter)

trabajar (to work)

terminar (to finish)

necesitar (to need)

cambiar (to change)

All those verbs are conjugated in the same way as HABLAR.

Assignment 1

Read a children's story book in Spanish and bring it to class tell a partner about it in Spanish. You can check out such books from your local library, or find them online.

Assignment 2

Write out the conjugation of all 10 of the above verbs (or other regular -AR verbs that you would like to add to your vocabulary), following the example of HABLAR.

Assignment 3

Practice the endings and separate conjugations orally, memorizing them so that you can do it with your eyes closed.

Assignment 4

Write a creative sentence using each verb (10 in total), varying the subject (not just using YO for all of them). Please DOUBLE SPACE.

Example: Tú hablas seis lenguas cuando estás borracho.

AZUL HOMEWORK 2 (due at class 3)

Lesson 1: Regular Verbs of the Second Conjugation (-ER Verbs)

This is the second biggest group of verbs in Spanish. They're regular because their root doesn’t change and their endings follow a consistent pattern.

Here are the endings:

-O -EMOS

-ES

-E -EN

So CORRER (to run) is conjugated like this:

Here are some more verbs in this group:

creer (to believe)

vender (to sell)

sorprender (to surprise)

prometer (to promise)

All these verbs are conjugated in the same way as CORRER.

Lesson 2: Regular Verbs of the Third Conjugation (-IR Verbs)

This is the third biggest group of verbs in Spanish. They’re regular for the same reasons. Note that third conjugation endings are the same as second conjugation endings with the exception of the NOSOTROS form.

Here are the endings:

-O -IMOS

-ES

-E -EN

So DESCRIBIR (to live) is conjugated like this:

Here are some more verbs in this group:

permitir (to permit)

compartir (to share)

descubrir (to discover)

dividir (to divide)

All these verbs are conjugated in the same way as DESCRIBIR.

Assignment 1

Read a children's story book in Spanish and bring it to class tell a partner about it in Spanish. You can check out such books from your local library, or find them online.

Assignment 2

Write out the conjugation of all 10 of these verbs below, following the examples for CORRER and DESCRIBIR above. (You are welcome to substitute other regular -ER and -IR verbs that you would like to add to your vocabulary.)

correr (to run)

creer (to believe)

vender (to sell)

sorprender (to surprise)

prometer (to promise)

describir (to describe)

permitir (to permit)

compartir (to share)

descubrir (to discover)

dividir (to divide)

Assignment 3

Practice the endings and separate conjugations orally, memorizing them so that you can do it with your eyes closed.

Assignment 4

Write a creative sentence using each verb (10 in total), varying the subject (not just using YO for all of them). Please DOUBLE SPACE.

AZUL HOMEWORK 3 (due at class 4)

Lesson: Negation

In Spanish, in order to say that you DO NOT do something, or that something DOES NOT happen, one simply places the word NO directly before the verb being negated.

Example:

(Affirmative sentence) Yo camino en el parque. (I walk in the park.)

(Negative sentence) Yo no camino en el parque. (I don't walk in the park.)

Assignment 1

Read a children's story book in Spanish and bring it to class tell a partner about it in Spanish. You can check out such books from your local library, or find them online.

Assignment 2

Write 12 new, original negative sentences using 12 new verbs (4 from each conjugation). You may use the verbs listed below if you like.

Again, vary your subjects. Always endeavor to use nouns in your sentences that are concrete and new to you. (In other words, don't use

"taco" or "casa" or such overly familiar words.)

• AR: tocar (to touch/to play music), abrazar (to hug), mandar (to send), reparar (to repair)

• ER: coser (to sew), romper (to break), responder (to respond), toser (to cough)

• IR: existir (to exist), admitir (to admit), unir (to unite), confundir (to confuse)

AZUL HOMEWORK 4 (Due at class 5)

Lesson: Interrogative Sentences

Generally, in a DECLARATIVE SENTENCE in Spanish, the SUBJECT comes before the VERB.

Example: Ramón envía la carta. (Ramón sends the letter.)

And, again generally, in an INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE in Spanish, the VERB comes before the SUBJECT.

Example: ¿Envía Ramón la carta? (Does Ramón send the letter?) (Literally: Sends Ramón the letter?)

Notice that there is no word for "does" in the sentence in Spanish. Also notice that an interrogative clause is preceded by an inverted

question mark (¿).

Assignment 1

Read a children's story book in Spanish and bring it to class tell a partner about it in Spanish. You can check out such books from your local library, or find them online.

Assignment 2

Write 12 interrogative sentences. They may be affirmative or negative. You may recycle sentences from past weeks. Endeavor to incorporate positional words from the unit vocabulary into your sentences somehow (arriba, abajo, etc.).

Example: ¿Juegan los niños abajo de la mesa? (Do the children play under the table?)

AZUL HOMEWORK 5 (due at class 6)

Lesson: VENIR, DECIR, OíR

These are three very important and useful irregular verbs. They are irregular BOTH because the first person singular form (yo)

does not follow the regular pattern of just dropping the infinitive ending and adding "o" AND because there is a vowel change (or addition) in the

root.

VENIR - to come

DECIR - to say or tell

OíR - to hear or listen

Assignment 1

Read a children's story book in Spanish and bring it to class tell a partner about it in Spanish. You can check out such books from your local library, or find them online.

Assignment 2

Write out the conjugation for these verbs over and over, just like I did above, until you can do it from memory without looking at another piece of paper on which they are already written.

Assignment 2

Practice the conjugations orally until you can recite them without looking.

Assignment 3

Write one original sentence using each form of each verb (15 original sentences). Use a dictionary of course and be creative. Use words that are new to you. But keep them simple: don't use words that you'll have difficulty explaining to a partner without using English.

AZUL HOMEWORK 6 (due at class 7)

Lesson 1: QUERER (to want)

Here is present tense conjugation of QUERER.

You can want things: Yo quiero leche, por favor. (I want milk, please.)

You can also want to do things: Ramiro quiere bailar. (Ramiro wants to dance.)

NOTE: In the case of wanting to do something, what follows the verb querer is a verb in the infinitive. (Infinitives are the base form of the verb. They’re the principal form you find in the dictionary and they always end in R.)

QUERER, when used with the preposition A, and when referring to people or pets, can also mean “to love.”

Example:

Yo quiero a mis hijas. (I love my daughters.)

PODER (to be able to/can)

This is a very useful verb that is almost always accompanied by another verb in the infinitive. It's conjugated like this:

Examples of PODER in use:

Los pájaros pueden volar. (Birds can fly.)

Los pájaros no pueden escribir. (Birds can’t write.)

Note that whenever a verb accompanies PODER, as in the above examples, it is in the infinitive form, such as VOLAR (to fly) and ESCRIBIR (to write) in the examples above.

Assignment 1

Read a children's story book in Spanish and bring it to class tell a partner about it in Spanish. You can check out such books from your local library, or find them online.

Assignment 2

Practice the conjugation of QUERER and PODER by writing them out as many times as necessary to memorize them.

Practice the conjugation of QUERER and PODER orally.

Assignment 3

Write 6 sentences with QUERER:

• 3 sentences using QUERER to express wanting things.

• 3 sentences using QUERER to express wanting to do things.

Assignment 4

Write 3 pairs of sentences using PODER.

Each pair will use ONE form of PODER (one of the 5 forms above) and ONE subject (5 subjects over all).

One sentence in each pair should be positive and the other negative, but using different verbs, as in the examples above. Another example:

Yo puedo bailar merengue. (I can dance merengue.)

Yo no puedo cantar ópera. (I can’t sing opera.)

AZUL HOMEWORK 7 (due at class 8)

Assignment 1

Read a children's story book in Spanish and bring it to class tell a partner about it in Spanish. You can check out such books from your local library, or find them online.

Assignment 2

Draw up a personal, nonfictional family tree that goes as far back as your grandparents and as far forward as your grandchildren. Label each person with his or her name and relationship to you.

Assignment 3

Bring family photos to share and talk about in class. Ideally, fewer photos with more people in them.

Assignment 4

Write a story, double-spaced, of a page in length, about your extended family. Make an effort to use:

• the vocabulary on page 4 of the unit

• the verbs PODER, VENIR, OÍR, QUERER, DECIR

  (For example: What can your uncle do? When do your cousins come? What did you hear your children say? Stuff like that.)