Conjugating Tener in the Present Tense

8th Grade45 minutesGeneral 1.1

Learning Objective

Puedo conjugar el verbo tener en el tiempo presente.

Key Concepts

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

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

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.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 10 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Completa la frase: Yo ______ un libro.

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

3. Escribe una frase completa usando 'tener que' y un verbo en infinitivo.

...and 7 more questions

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01036 Spanish Lesson - Present Tense - tener (part 2); useful phrases

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