Practice Spanish Stem Changing Verbs Worksheets

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Are you working on Spanish stem changing verbs with your middle school or high school students? Check out these Spanish stem changing verbs worksheets you can add to your lesson plan!

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Stem Changing Verbs in Spanish

Here’s a list of commonly-used verbs that change their stem in the present tense:

Almorzar
Cerrar
Contar
Competir
Dormir
Encontrar
Entender
Jugar
Perder
Pedir
Pensar
Preferir
Poder
Querer
Repetir
Servir

These common verb conjugations are important for students to be aware of the stem change! Let’s look at some ways to practice working with them. There is a mix of Spanish e to ie, u to ue, e to i, and o to ue in the list above! You may want students to review the parts of the verb like the stem of a verb and the ending so they understand why these are called stem changing verbs before getting into the practice worksheet.

In the example pictured above, the verb pensar is broken up to show the stem of the verb and the ending. Sometimes a quick refresh like that on the board can help!

Spanish Stem Changing Verbs Worksheets

Let’s get to the conjugation practice! These Spanish stem changing verbs worksheets include 2 different mazes for these irregular verbs.

Included pages:

4 Maze Puzzle Pages
Answer Key
Digital versions of the mazes for use with Google Slides!
Student instructions for how to complete the maze
Teacher instructions for how to assign via Google Classroom

This is a great resource to review present tense stem changing verbs. There’s a short tutorial for students on how to complete the maze, and you can choose if you want them to just find the correct answer to find the way through the maze or use the extended version to get plenty of repetition with the Spanish uses of stem changing verbs.

If you would like, you can give your students a quick review chart with a conjugation table on one side, and copy a maze on the other side of the page, double sided. This way, you can use a more traditional conjugation review before getting into the puzzle, and save the second maze worksheet for stations or a warm up one day!

With the review chart, you can give them a bank of verb options to choose from, or fill in the infinitives yourself before making copies for your students. Students will write in the correct ending for each of the verb forms in the charts. The subject pronouns are filled in in each of the charts, but if you would like to exclude the vosotros forms you can just pop an X in that box or tell students to skip it. The download link for this free pdf is in my freebie library for newsletter subscribers!

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How to Play:

To use this game in your lessons, either print and make copies, or assign the digital version on Google Slides for students to complete. Pick version A or version B for each of the two mazes included. Both versions give students instant feedback through built in incorrect paths. Students will choose the correct answers through the maze, answering a question, choosing a path, and completing the following question until they reach the end.

In the extended version, students go back to each box they did not use to solve the maze and write in the correct answers. This can give students a tough time at first if they miss the line in the instructions that reminds them not to use the options on the paths around the box for step 2! Those paths use a different subject, incorrect conjugations, or have other things happening to make them wrong! Students need to go back through the boxes and write in the correct answer and give a short explanation. This can be as simple as underlining the subject pronoun, filling in a missed stem change, or changing an ending. Those spelling change verbs can be tricky!