she, he, it has, part of the verb 'tener' meaning to have, having

verb meaning 'there is' or 'there are' depending on whether it is followed by singular or plural nouns

B1 En la pintura hay muchos colores vivos. Hay un sol bonito. También, hay...

B2a En el retrato, hay una niña. Tiene el pelo rubio y largo. Tiene los ojos...

B2b El retrato es abstracto. Tiene un ojo azul y otro* ojo verde. Tiene una...

Portraits: describe me and my friend

Spanish

In this unit pupils use previously taught and newly learnt forms of ‘tener’ in the contexts of school, home and physical description. They synthesise familiar and new language for the purpose of describing a friend. For this they learn new carefully selected high frequency vocabulary.

What I and others have: singular and plural 'tener'

Order the words to say 'normally, I have rosy, fat cheeks'.

'El conejo tiene las orejas largas y grises.' Translate this sentence into English.

'In the portrait, there are red glasses.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.

'Mi hermana tiene el pelo moreno y la nariz __________'. Which words complete this sentence?

'Ella tiene una planta curiosa.' Translate this sentence into English.

'The flower is behind the table.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.

Starter Quiz