Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present: Examples

Spanish: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 4.3.6

Common Regular IR Verbs

Explanation

Explanation

  • There are a lot of regular verbs ending in ‘-ir’.
  • All of them are conjugated like ‘subir’ (to go up).
  • You just need to remove the ending (‘-ir’) and add the different endings for each person.
Singular

Singular

  • yo subo - I go up
  • tú subes - you go up (singular)
  • él/ella sube - he/she/it goes up
Plural

Plural

  • nosotros/nosotras subimos - we go up
  • vosotros/vosotras subís - you go up (plural)
  • ellos/ellas suben - they go up
Other regular verbs with 'IR'

Other regular verbs with 'IR'

  • There are a lot of regular verbs ending in '-ir':
  • escribir - to write
  • abrir - to open
  • recibir - to receive
  • compartir - to share
  • All these verbs work just like 'subir' and 'vivir'.

Test yourself on Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present: Examples

  • How do you say 'You share your food with us' (singular) in Spanish?

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