Source: https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-1-regular-ar-verbs-in-the-present-tense-hablar [Revision notes](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes.md) › [Primary](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary.md) › [Spanish](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish.md) › [Spanish: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum.md) › Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense: 'Hablar' # Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense: 'Hablar' Spanish: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 4.3.1 ## Regular AR Verbs in the Present Tense There are groups of verbs that follow the same pattern in Spanish. One group is called ‘AR verbs’ because in the infinitive they all end in '-ar'. ### Using AR verbs ![Using AR verbs](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2025-07/30dcc76a-f025-4d58-b643-4771f8066040/74a44952-db8a-430c-876c-a9c8c1c3f24f.png) - Forming the present tense for regular AR verbs is simple. - You just need to remove '-ar' and add the endings for each person. - Here is the example for **'hablar'** (to speak, to talk). ### Singular ![Singular](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2025-07/e98197aa-e6f8-4837-a5dc-7b539da3ef4a/19cf2cf4-8c36-4735-8b7d-00ba98c4d0ca.png) - **yo habl**o**** - I talk - **tú habl**as**** - you talk (singular) - **él/ella habl**a**** - he/she/it talks ### Plural ![Plural](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2025-07/178dfb98-4180-4905-b303-2e37ac6c3ffb/9ba9bdb6-4e26-4c99-8667-3b8f3ae01f33.png) - **nosotros/nosotras habl**amos**** - we talk - **vosotros/vosotras habl**áis**** - you talk (plural) - **ellos/ellas habl**an**** - they talk ### Examples ![Examples](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2025-03/62ff2ac2-0f57-456a-8e4e-f5c395885ef5/cd93d358-8bea-4426-aa95-f791f88c8d57.png) - **Yo habl**o** español.** - I speak Spanish. - **Ella habl**a** con su madre.** - She talks with her mother. ## Test yourself on Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense: 'Hablar' - Which of the following are correct forms of the present tense of 'hablar'? - How would you say 'I speak English' in Spanish? - How do you say 'Do you (singular) speak English?' in Spanish? [Practise this topic for free](https://app.senecalearning.com/classroom/course/d7237248-cfce-4fb0-8295-84920a12eb9e/section/25f0c01c-2730-40df-bb8c-5e17e26f46af/session) - Previous topic: [4.2.10 Uses of 'Tener'](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-10-uses-of-tener.md) - Next topic: [4.3.2 Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-2-regular-ar-verbs-in-the-present-tense.md) ## Spanish: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum contents ### 1 You, Family & Home - 1.1 Introducing Yourself & Being Polite - [1.1.1 Name & Age](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-1-name-and-age.md) - [1.1.2 Being Polite: Hello](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-2-being-polite-hello.md) - [1.1.3 Being Polite: Please](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-3-being-polite-please.md) - [1.1.4 Introductions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-4-introductions.md) - 1.2 Looks & Personality - [1.2.1 Hair](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-1-hair.md) - [1.2.2 Eyes](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-2-eyes.md) - [1.2.3 Physical Appearance](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-3-physical-appearance.md) - [1.2.4 Personality](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-4-personality.md) - 1.3 My Family & I - [1.3.1 Family Members](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-1-family-members.md) - [1.3.2 Other Family Members](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-2-other-family-members.md) - [1.3.3 Pets](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-3-pets.md) - 1.4 Days, Months & Time - [1.4.1 Time](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-1-time.md) - [1.4.2 Days of the Week](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-2-days-of-the-week.md) - [1.4.3 Months of the Year](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-3-months-of-the-year.md) - 1.5 Numbers - [1.5.1 Numbers 1-10](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-1-numbers-1-10.md) - [1.5.2 Numbers 11-20](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-2-numbers-11-20.md) - [1.5.3 Numbers 21-29](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-3-numbers-21-29.md) - [1.5.4 Numbers: 30-39](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-4-numbers-30-39.md) - [1.5.5 Numbers: 40-49](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-5-numbers-40-49.md) - [1.5.6 Numbers: 50-59](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-6-numbers-50-59.md) - [1.5.7 Numbers: 60-69](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-7-numbers-60-69.md) - [1.5.8 Numbers: 70-79](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-8-numbers-70-79.md) - [1.5.9 Numbers: 80-89](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-9-numbers-80-89.md) - [1.5.10 Numbers: 90-100](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-5-10-numbers-90-100.md) ### 2 School & Jobs - 2.1 School - [2.1.1 School Subjects (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/2-1-1-school-subjects-12.md) - [2.1.2 School Subjects (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/2-1-2-school-subjects-22.md) ### 3 Free Time - 3.1 Free Time - [3.1.1 Sports: Jugar](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-1-1-sports-jugar.md) - [3.1.2 Sports: Hacer](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-1-2-sports-hacer.md) - [3.1.3 Music](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-1-3-music.md) - 3.2 Town - [3.2.1 Shops (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-2-1-shops-12.md) - [3.2.2 Shops (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-2-2-shops-22.md) - [3.2.3 Places in Town](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-2-3-places-in-town.md) - [3.2.4 Talking About Places in Town](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-2-4-talking-about-places-in-town.md) - 3.3 Shopping - [3.3.1 Liking & Not Liking](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-1-liking-and-not-liking.md) - [3.3.2 Fruit](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-2-fruit.md) - [3.3.3 Vegetables](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-3-vegetables.md) - [3.3.4 Clothes (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-4-clothes-12.md) - [3.3.5 Clothes (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-5-clothes-22.md) - 3.4 Holiday - [3.4.1 Good Weather](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-4-1-good-weather.md) - [3.4.2 Bad Weather](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-4-2-bad-weather.md) ### 4 Grammar - 4.1 Verbs - [4.1.1 Subject Pronouns](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-1-1-subject-pronouns.md) - [4.1.2 Subject Pronouns: Explanation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-1-2-subject-pronouns-explanation.md) - [4.1.3 Verbs](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-1-3-verbs.md) - [4.1.4 Conjugation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-1-4-conjugation.md) - 4.2 Important Irregular Verbs - [4.2.1 To Be - Ser](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-1-to-be-ser.md) - [4.2.2 Uses of 'Ser' (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-2-uses-of-ser-12.md) - [4.2.3 Uses of 'Ser' (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-3-uses-of-ser-22.md) - [4.2.4 To Be - Estar](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-4-to-be-estar.md) - [4.2.5 Uses of 'Estar' (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-5-uses-of-estar-12.md) - [4.2.6 Uses of 'Estar' (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-6-uses-of-estar-22.md) - [4.2.7 'Ser' or 'Estar' (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-7-ser-or-estar-12.md) - [4.2.8 'Ser' or 'Estar' (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-8-ser-or-estar-22.md) - [4.2.9 To Have](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-9-to-have.md) - [4.2.10 Uses of 'Tener'](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-2-10-uses-of-tener.md) - 4.3 Regular Verbs in the Present Tense - [4.3.1 Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense: 'Hablar'](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-1-regular-ar-verbs-in-the-present-tense-hablar.md) - [4.3.2 Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-2-regular-ar-verbs-in-the-present-tense.md) - [4.3.3 Regular 'ER' Verbs in the Present Tense](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-3-regular-er-verbs-in-the-present-tense.md) - [4.3.4 'ER' Verbs in the Present: Examples](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-4-er-verbs-in-the-present-examples.md) - [4.3.5 Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present Tense](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-5-regular-ir-verbs-in-the-present-tense.md) - [4.3.6 Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present: Examples](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-3-6-regular-ir-verbs-in-the-present-examples.md) - 4.4 Verbs in the Immediate Future - [4.4.1 Immediate Future](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-4-1-immediate-future.md) - [4.4.2 Immediate Future: Uses](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-4-2-immediate-future-uses.md) - 4.5 Negatives - [4.5.1 Negatives](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-5-1-negatives.md) - [4.5.2 Just the 'Nada' Bit](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-5-2-just-the-nada-bit.md) - 4.6 Nouns - [4.6.1 Saying 'A' & 'The' (Singular)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-1-saying-a-and-the-singular.md) - [4.6.2 Saying 'Some' and 'The' (Plural)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-2-saying-some-and-the-plural.md) - [4.6.3 Plural Nouns](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-3-plural-nouns.md) - [4.6.4 Proper Nouns (1/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-4-proper-nouns-12.md) - [4.6.5 Proper Nouns (2/2)](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-6-5-proper-nouns-22.md) - 4.7 Adjectives - [4.7.1 Adjectives](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-1-adjectives.md) - [4.7.2 Adjectives: Spelling](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-2-adjectives-spelling.md) - [4.7.3 Adjectives That Don't Change](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-3-adjectives-that-dont-change.md) - [4.7.4 'Grande' and 'Bueno'](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-4-grande-and-bueno.md) - [4.7.5 Adjectives that Change Endings](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-5-adjectives-that-change-endings.md) - [4.7.6 Plural](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-6-plural.md) - [4.7.7 Possession](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-7-7-possession.md) - 4.8 Prepositions - [4.8.1 Common Prepositions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-8-1-common-prepositions.md) - 4.9 Questions - [4.9.1 Asking Questions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-9-1-asking-questions.md) - 4.10 Conjunctions - [4.10.1 What Are Conjunctions?](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-10-1-what-are-conjunctions.md) - 4.11 Adverbials - [4.11.1 Adverbs of Manner](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-11-1-adverbs-of-manner.md) - [4.11.2 Adverbs of Time](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-11-2-adverbs-of-time.md) - [4.11.3 Adverbs of Place](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/spanish/spanish-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-11-3-adverbs-of-place.md)