Past routines and past events: imperfect tense
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Why this why now
Pupils are already familiar with singular forms of 'estar' in the imperfect tense. Now, they are introduced to using the imperfect tense to talk about past habitual events. They learn singular forms of the imperfect tense for -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in addition to irregular verb 'ser'. Pupils strengthen their knowledge of the preterite by contrasting it with the imperfect. They also revisit modal verbs, the difference between 'ser' and 'estar', prenominal adjectives, and 'cuando' as a relative pronoun. Pupils revisit key sounds r, rr, l, ll, and stress patterns.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know singular persons of 'estar' in the imperfect.
- Pupils know singular and plural persons of -ar, -er, -ir regular and irregular verbs in the preterite.
- Pupils know modal verbs 'deber', 'poder', 'querer' in the present tense.
- Pupils know singular and plural persons of 'ser' in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to use 'cuando' as a relative pronoun.
- Pupils know the difference between 'ser' and 'estar'.
- Pupils know that some adjectives come before a noun.
- Pupils know how to form the present participle.
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Why this why now
Pupils are already familiar with singular forms of 'estar' in the imperfect tense. Now, they are introduced to using the imperfect tense to talk about past habitual events. They learn singular forms of the imperfect tense for -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in addition to irregular verb 'ser'. Pupils strengthen their knowledge of the preterite by contrasting it with the imperfect. They also revisit modal verbs, the difference between 'ser' and 'estar', prenominal adjectives, and 'cuando' as a relative pronoun. Pupils revisit key sounds r, rr, l, ll, and stress patterns.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know singular persons of 'estar' in the imperfect.
- Pupils know singular and plural persons of -ar, -er, -ir regular and irregular verbs in the preterite.
- Pupils know modal verbs 'deber', 'poder', 'querer' in the present tense.
- Pupils know singular and plural persons of 'ser' in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to use 'cuando' as a relative pronoun.
- Pupils know the difference between 'ser' and 'estar'.
- Pupils know that some adjectives come before a noun.
- Pupils know how to form the present participle.
Past routines and past events: imperfect tense
In this unit, pupils learn how to form the imperfect tense for past habitual events with -ar, -er, -ir verbs. Irregular imperfect forms for 'ser' 'era' and 'eras' are also taught. Pupils reinforce their knowledge of the imperfect tense by exploring the text 'El Quijote'.
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