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ESTAR: Audio Verb Drill

eleena — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:48:30 +0000

This podcast is the audio verb drill for the present tense of the verb ESTAR and gives you an idea of what the ReVerb Spanish audio drills are like. The complete package of audio is roughly 35 minutes and includes the following tenses: present, preterite, imperfect, subjunctive and imperfect subjunctive. It is available on the ReVerb Spanish Audio Drills page. The price is $7.99.

As a bonus, you’ll also get audio practice sentences where you can listen to sentences where the verb is missing and then you have to come up with the correct answer. A PDF file containing all the ESTAR conjugations is also included.

Click here to get the ESTAR audio verb drills pack.

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SER: Audio Verb Drill

eleena — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:41:56 +0000

The complete set of conjugations of the verb SER is now available. It contains over 30 minutes of audio covering the present tense, preterite, imperfect past tenses as well as the present subjunctive and imperfect subjunctive conjugations.

This podcast is the audio verb drill for the imperfect past tense of SER. Purchase the complete set of audio verb drills for SER on this page. The price is $7.99.

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How to use the ReVerb Spanish Audio Verb Drills

eleena — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:51:17 +0000

Here is how to get the most out of the ReVerb Spanish audio verb drills:
1. First listen to the audio of Marie Soleil reading the verb conjugations and repeat the conjugations out loud. While you are doing this, do not read or look at the conjugations written down. The idea is to get your mind accustomed to hearing the sound of the conjugated verb and then saying it aloud without first having to see it written.

2. Once you’ve listened to the audio drill at least once or twice, then look at the written form of the conjugated verb so that you can see and memorize the spelling. Do the audio drill again, this time reading and repeating the conjugated verb. A good online Spanish verb conjugator is available at Word Reference.com. Just type in the verb you need in the search box and once you land on that verb’s page, click on “CONJUGATOR” to see a full table of conjugations for that specific verb.

Remember, you have to practice using these verbs for them to stick in your memory. Each audio verb drill is five minutes or less, so it doesn’t take much time for you to sneak in a little Spanish verb practice every single day. ¡Suerte! and Happy Re-Verberating!

What are Spanish Audio Verb Drills?

eleena — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:47:50 +0000

The ReVerb Spanish Audio Verb Drills are a simple way for you to practice conjugating common Spanish verbs. For many people, remembering the correct form of the verb in the moment (is it “yo fui” or “yo fue”?) can be difficult because they don’t know the conjugations by heart.

Here is the basic format of the ReVerb Spanish audio verb drills:
Parts 1 & 2: Listen and repeat the verb conjugations given in the standard order (yo soy, tú eres, él es, ella es, usted es, nosotros somos, vosotros sois, ellos son, ellas son, ustedes son.)

Part 3: Verb conjugations are given out of order. For example, with the present tense of the verb SER, you may hear a sequence such as vosotros sois, yo soy, ustedes son, etc. Listen and repeat.

Part 4: Here’s where you test yourself. We give you the pronoun and you have to give the correct form of the verb for that pronoun. For example, you’ll hear the pronoun “YO“ and then you are supposed to say the correct form of the verb for that Spanish pronoun. After a brief pause for each pronoun, you will hear the correct response so that you can check your answer.

Part 5: Spanish audio verb drills for the Spanish subjunctive will include additional audio practice exercises of short phrases and sentences.

A full selection of Spanish audio verb drills will be available after May 7, 2009. Subscribe to this blog’s RSS feed or Email list to get updated on when they are available.

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