Times of change: -er, -ir, -ar verbs 1st and 3rd person
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This unit revisits plural preterite forms of -ar verbs. Pupils are already familiar with singular forms of -er and -ir verbs in the preterite, and now add '-imos' and '-ieron' to their repertoire. They refresh singular forms by contasting them with the new plural preterite forms, and also contrast preterite '-imos' with present tense '-imos' and '-emos', as this is an area of linguistic difficulty. Pupils revisit possessive adjectives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu', 'tus', 'su', 'sus' and expand 'nuestro/a' to include plural forms 'nuestros/as'. New sounds je, ja, jo, ju are compared to ge, ga, go, gu.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know how to conjugate singular and plural persons of -ar, -er, -ir verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to conjugate first and third person plural forms of regular -ar verbs in the preterite.
- Pupils know how to conjugate singular persons of regular -er and -ir verbs in the preterite.
- Pupils know possessive adjectives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu', 'tus' 'su', 'sus', 'nuestro', 'nuestra'.
- Pupils know sound-symbol correspondences [ge], [ga], [go], [gu], [ca], [co], [cu].
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Why this why now
This unit revisits plural preterite forms of -ar verbs. Pupils are already familiar with singular forms of -er and -ir verbs in the preterite, and now add '-imos' and '-ieron' to their repertoire. They refresh singular forms by contasting them with the new plural preterite forms, and also contrast preterite '-imos' with present tense '-imos' and '-emos', as this is an area of linguistic difficulty. Pupils revisit possessive adjectives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu', 'tus', 'su', 'sus' and expand 'nuestro/a' to include plural forms 'nuestros/as'. New sounds je, ja, jo, ju are compared to ge, ga, go, gu.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know how to conjugate singular and plural persons of -ar, -er, -ir verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to conjugate first and third person plural forms of regular -ar verbs in the preterite.
- Pupils know how to conjugate singular persons of regular -er and -ir verbs in the preterite.
- Pupils know possessive adjectives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu', 'tus' 'su', 'sus', 'nuestro', 'nuestra'.
- Pupils know sound-symbol correspondences [ge], [ga], [go], [gu], [ca], [co], [cu].
Times of change: -er, -ir, -ar verbs 1st and 3rd person
In this unit, pupils learn plural forms '-imos' and '-ieron' for -er and -ir verbs in the preterite, and contrast these with their singular counterparts and '-imos' and '-emos' in the present tense. Pupils revisit possessive adjectives 'nuestro/a' and learn their plural forms 'nuestros/as'.
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