vowels that are always fully pronounced and don't glide into other sounds; the strong vowels are [a], [e] and [o]

pronouncing one syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word

B1a - 1 Han escrito un par de libros sobre el ejército.

B1a - 2 He sentido una sensación rara.

B1a - 3 Hemos viajado a Latinoamérica.

B1a - 4 El chico ha visto un espectáculo aburrido.

B1a - 5 La chica ha puesto la mesa.

B1a - 6 ¿Habéis hecho los deberes?

Dos idiomas, dos culturas: develop reading, practise transcription

Spanish

Ser de otro país: perfect tense -ar regular -ado, irregular past participles

Ser de otro país: perfect and preterite tenses

¿Alguna vez has ... ? Develop conversations with perfect and preterite tenses

Dos idiomas, dos culturas - los Nuyoricans: imperfect for habitual actions

Hemos venido de Puerto Rico: perfect tense -er/ir regular -ido

Aprender un idioma: 'hay que', 'se puede', 'se necesita', 'se debe'

Aprender un idioma: stem-change verbs like 'encontrar', 'pensar', 'poder'

Aprender un idioma: translation, extended writing

This unit introduces singular and plural forms of 'haber' with an -ar verb stem and '-ado', and an -er or -ir verb stem with '-ido'. Pupils learn some irregular past participles. The unit introduces 'hay que', 'se puede', 'se necesita', 'se debe', and the passive 'se' with the third person.

My personal world: cuestiones de identidad

The stress in Spanish words ending in a vowel, 'n' or 's' falls on the {{}} syllable.

Order the words to say: 'Tomorrow we are going to go to the airport'.

Write in Spanish: 'you (singular) were listening to music'.

Write in Spanish: 'they have visited the island'.

Write in Spanish: 'I am going to play football'.

Exit Quiz

Which are strong vowels in Spanish?