Spanish Easy Review | Grammar IR verbs decir, escribir, ir

Spanish Easy Review Quiz - Grammar - IR Verbs (Group 1) (Questions)

This Spanish Easy Review grammar quiz will challenge you on IR verbs. As you have learned, Spanish has three different types of base verbs. Those three types are ar, er and ir. This means that the verb ends in either ar, er or ir. A base verb is a verb that has the word 'to' before it such as 'to see', 'to drive' or 'to play'. These verbs are not showing any action but let you know what kind of an action will take place.

If you have not already done so, please check out the Spanish Easy Review quizzes titled AR Verbs (Group 1) and ER Verbs (Group 1) as this quiz will be adding to your growing list of verb vocabulary words.

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Oddly enough, IR is a verb itself. It means 'to go'. Now let’s look at some 'ir' verbs.

English	Spanish	Pronounced (Phonetically) As
to open	abrir	ă-brěr
to applaud	aplaudir	ă-plow-deer
to tell	decir	dāy-seer
to sleep	dormir	door-meer
to hide	encubrir	ěn-cū-beer
to write	escribir	ěs-cū-beer
to go	ir	eer
to lie	mentir	měn-teer
to die	morir	mŏr-eer
to feel	sentir	sěn-teer
to serve	servir	sě-veer
to come	venir	věn-eer
to dress	vestir	věs-teer
to live	vivir	vē-veer

As many of these verbs may be new vocabulary words for you, take your time in learning them to memory, as well as speaking them out loud using the phonetically pronounced guide to help you say them correctly. Also note how each word is spelled. When you feel that you are comfortable with the list of verbs, look at the ten quiz sentences below. Each sentence has a base verb that is capitalized. From the answers given see if you can determine which one is the correct Spanish base verb that will correspond to it.

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I am going TO TELL on you if you don’t do what I say.

[ ]	sentir
[ ]	decir
[ ]	vivir
[ ]	encubrir

You don’t have TO LIE in order to have friends.

[ ]	morir
[ ]	vestir
[ ]	mentir
[ ]	abrir

Stanley is going to have TO SLEEP on the bus because of the weather.

[ ]	escribir
[ ]	abrir
[ ]	venir
[ ]	dormir

Penny will have TO COME to the party late.

[ ]	venir
[ ]	vestir
[ ]	ir
[ ]	sentir

He was ready TO APPLAUD the speaker for his moving words.

[ ]	encubrir
[ ]	aplaudir
[ ]	abrir
[ ]	servir

Billy’s father is going TO OPEN the store an hour earlier tomorrow.

[ ]	morir
[ ]	decir
[ ]	abrir
[ ]	venir

I am beginning TO FEEL really sick.

[ ]	dormir
[ ]	ir
[ ]	decir
[ ]	sentir

How are you going TO DRESS for the award’s ceremony?

[ ]	vestir
[ ]	venir
[ ]	vivir
[ ]	escribir

Janelle wants TO LIVE in London someday.

[ ]	ir
[ ]	vivir
[ ]	venir
[ ]	escribir

10.

Mommy, I have TO GO to the bathroom.

[ ]	morir
[ ]	encubrir
[ ]	ir
[ ]	mentir

Spanish Easy Review Quiz - Grammar - IR Verbs (Group 1) (Answers)

I am going TO TELL on you if you don’t do what I say.

[ ]	sentir
[x]	decir
[ ]	vivir
[ ]	encubrir

The Spanish verb for 'to tell' is 'decir'.

You don’t have TO LIE in order to have friends.

[ ]	morir
[ ]	vestir
[x]	mentir
[ ]	abrir

The Spanish verb for 'to lie' is 'mentir'.

Stanley is going to have TO SLEEP on the bus because of the weather.

[ ]	escribir
[ ]	abrir
[ ]	venir
[x]	dormir

The Spanish verb for 'to sleep' is 'dormir'.

Penny will have TO COME to the party late.

[x]	venir
[ ]	vestir
[ ]	ir
[ ]	sentir

The Spanish verb for 'to come' is 'venir'.

He was ready TO APPLAUD the speaker for his moving words.

[ ]	encubrir
[x]	aplaudir
[ ]	abrir
[ ]	servir

The Spanish verb for 'to applaud' is 'aplaudir'.

Billy’s father is going TO OPEN the store an hour earlier tomorrow.

[ ]	morir
[ ]	decir
[x]	abrir
[ ]	venir

The Spanish verb for 'to open' is 'abrir'.

I am beginning TO FEEL really sick.

[ ]	dormir
[ ]	ir
[ ]	decir
[x]	sentir

The Spanish verb for 'to feel' is 'sentir'.

How are you going TO DRESS for the award’s ceremony?

[x]	vestir
[ ]	venir
[ ]	vivir
[ ]	escribir

The Spanish verb for 'to dress' is 'vestir'.

Janelle wants TO LIVE in London someday.

[ ]	ir
[x]	vivir
[ ]	venir
[ ]	escribir

The Spanish verb for 'to live' is 'vivir'.

10.

Mommy, I have TO GO to the bathroom.

[ ]	morir
[ ]	encubrir
[x]	ir
[ ]	mentir

The Spanish verb for 'to go' is 'ir'.