Spanish 1 - Conjugating Tener - Notes, Worksheets, and Activities

💥 NEW & UPDATED! | Spanish Verb TENER Present Tense Notes, Worksheets & Activities

Engage your Spanish 1 students with this expanded and improved Tener Present Tense Bundle — packed with notes, worksheets, and interactive activities designed to teach and reinforce the Spanish verb tener (to have) and its many unique expressions (like tener hambre, tener ganas de, tener años, and more!).

Whether you’re introducing tener for the first time or reviewing before a quiz, this bundle provides everything you need for instruction, practice, and assessment.

✅ What’s Included

📘 Teaching Notes (3 Versions)

• PowerPoint Presentation – Perfect for direct instruction.
• Fill-in-the-Blank PDF Notes – Ideal for guided notetaking to help students stay engaged and focused.
• Completed Notes PDF – Great for absent students or accommodations.

Includes explanations of:

• The meaning and conjugation of tener
• Common tener expressions (tener hambre, tener miedo, tener que…, etc.)
• How tener is used to express age

✏️ 9 Worksheets for Practice

Each worksheet provides scaffolded practice and real-life vocabulary integration:

1️⃣ Clothing Vocabulary – Conjugation chart + 12 fill-in-the-blank sentences about what people are wearing.

2️⃣ Food & Drink Vocabulary – 20 sentences about what each person has for lunch.

3️⃣ School Supplies & Subjects – 20 total sentences combining tener with school-related vocabulary.

4️⃣ Tener Expressions & Age – Practice tener hambre, tener miedo, etc., and expressing age.

5️⃣ Tener que... – 10 sentences using tener que + infinitive.

6️⃣ Tener ganas de... – 10 sentences using tener ganas de + infinitive.

7️⃣ Spanish Translation Practice (Part 1) – 7 sentences using varied forms of tener.

8️⃣ Spanish Translation Practice (Part 2) – 7 sentences featuring tener que and tener ganas de.

9️⃣ Question & Answer Practice – 10 short answer questions using different tener contexts (age, possession, expressions).

✔️ Answer keys included for all worksheets!

🎯 3 Interactive Student Activities

1️⃣ Sentence Builder Game – Students draw two slips (subject + tener phrase) to create complete sentences.

2️⃣ Tener Battleship Game – A classroom favorite! Students “sink” their partner’s ships by correctly conjugating tener expressions.

3️⃣ Tener Maze Challenge – A fun, fast-paced conjugation maze that helps reinforce accuracy and recognition.

✔️ All activities include answer keys and teacher directions.

💡 Perfect For:

• Spanish 1 Present Tense Units
• Interactive Grammar Practice
• Review or Reinforcement Lessons
• Sub Plans or Independent Work
• Homework, Stations, or Bell Ringers

🧠 Why Teachers Love It:

• Updated, expanded, and classroom-tested
• Combines grammar + real vocabulary
• Includes differentiation for all learners
• Built for engagement, practice, and mastery