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Acciones para un mundo mejor: 'ir' imperfect plural persons
I can use plural forms of the imperfect tense in the context of protests and social movements.
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Acciones para un mundo mejor: 'ir' imperfect plural persons
I can use plural forms of the imperfect tense in the context of protests and social movements.
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Key learning points
- ábamos, -abais and -aban are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person plural endings of -ar verbs in the imperfect tense.
- ‘ir’ is an irregular verb in the imperfect tense.
- -íbamos, -ibais and -iban are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person plural forms of ‘ir’ in the imperfect tense.
- Spanish adverbs ending in -mente (e.g. rápidamente) correspond to English adverbs ending in -ly (e.g. 'quickly').
- To form adverbs ending in -mente, add this ending to the feminine form of the adjective (e.g. 'rápida' - 'rápidamente').
Keywords
Imperfect - verb tense used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly
Adverb - word used to describe adjectives and verbs
-mente - suffix commonly used in Spanish adverbs, meaning -ly
Common misconception
Accents are present in several forms of 'ir' and -ar verbs in the imperfect tense.
Accents are only present in the 1st person singular (we) form of 'ir' ('íbamos') and -ar verbs (-ábamos) in the imperfect tense.
Learning Cycle 1, Starter Quiz Q1 and and Exit Quiz Qs 2, 3 and 4 are aimed at Higher Tier students. Learning Cycle 2's checks and tasks also test largely higher tier vocabulary, but could be adapted to draw out Foundation Tier words.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Which verbs are in the imperfect tense?
Which verbs are in the imperfect tense?
voy
engaña
Q4.What is the 1st person singular (I) form of ‘organizar’ (to organise, organising) in the imperfect tense?
What is the 1st person singular (I) form of ‘organizar’ (to organise, organising) in the imperfect tense?
Q5.Which word is an adverb?
Which word is an adverb?
necesario
emocionado
importante
universal
Q6.When forming adverbs in Spanish, which form of the adjective is the ending -mente added to?
When forming adverbs in Spanish, which form of the adjective is the ending -mente added to?
masculine
plural
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Match the plural imperfect verbs with their meanings.
Match the plural imperfect verbs with their meanings.
Q4.In the context of ‘ir’ and -ar verbs in the imperfect tense, which is the only form with an accent?
In the context of ‘ir’ and -ar verbs in the imperfect tense, which is the only form with an accent?
2nd person plural (you)
3rd person plural (they)
Q5.Which part of this sentence is an adverb? Voy a ir a los servicios rápidamente.
Which part of this sentence is an adverb? Voy a ir a los servicios rápidamente.
voy
ir
servicios
Q6.To form Spanish adverbs with -mente, add this ending to the form of the adjective.
To form Spanish adverbs with -mente, add this ending to the form of the adjective.
