Qualitative (descriptive) adjectives - Hillcrest Elementary

6. I close the doors of the chamber at 9 P.M.
7. The senators think that they’re going to pass the bill today. They’re wrong.
8. The working class is going to demonstrate, because they don’t believe anything that
the governor tells them.
9. Why do you [informal sing.] want to overthrow their government?
10. Sometimes I think that politicians draw up a bill because they want the publicity.
e > i verbs
h e third and i nal group of stem-changing verbs includes -ir verbs that change the -e- before the
-ir ini nitive ending to -i-. As always in stem-changing verbs, this change occurs only in the boot
of irregularity.
Several verbs in this group are unique in the yo form only. For this reason, the yo form of
each of these verbs is listed below. Otherwise, use regular -ir verb endings along with the e � i
stem change.
INFINITIVE MEANING yo FORM
bendecir to bless bendigo
competir to compete compito
conseguir to obtain, get consigo
corregir to correct corrijo
decir to say, tell digo
despedir to i re (from a job) despido
elegir to elect elijo
freír to fry frío
gemir to groan gimo
impedir to impede, prevent, hinder, stop impido
maldecir to curse, swear maldigo
medir to measure, be (long, tall, around, etc.) mido
pedir to request, ask for pido
reír to laugh río
repetir to repeat repito
seguir to follow, continue sigo
servir to serve sirvo
medir to measure, be seguir to follow, continue
mido medimos sigo seguimos
mides medís sigues seguís
mide miden sigue siguen
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