KS3 & KS4 Spanish curriculum

Pupils already know how to form the first and second persons of the preterite for -ar verbs. In this unit, they learn how to do the same for -er and -ir verbs. Pupils strengthen their knowledge of the first and second persons of -er and -ir verbs in the present tense by contrasting them with their preterite counterparts to describe events in the past and present. Pupils expand their knowledge of word order with prenominal adjectives. They revisit stress rules and learn that if the stress is on the ante-penultimate syllable there will always be an accent.

1. At school: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular preterite
2. At school: prenominal adjectives
3. Free time: -er and -ir verbs 2nd person singular
4. Free time: -er and -ir verbs 2nd person singular in questions

• Pupils know the first and second person singular of -er and -ir verbs in the present tense.
• Pupils know the preterite is for completed actions in the past.
• Pupils know some Spanish adjectives come after the noun.
• Pupils know if stress is on final syllable and the word ends in a vowel or ‘n’ or ‘s’, then there will be an accent.
• Pupils know what syllable stress is.
• Pupils know a variety of question words in Spanish