Comparing summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st and 2nd person singular
I can use the preterite tense to compare my summer experiences with someone else's.
- Year 8
Comparing summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st and 2nd person singular
I can use the preterite tense to compare my summer experiences with someone else's.
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- The 2nd person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in (-aste).
- The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in (-é).
- There is no Spanish equivalent for the English auxiliary 'did'.
Keywords
Por - preposition meaning 'around' and 'along' when used to indicate the movement in a physical space and 'because of' when used to introduce the reason or motive behind an action
Porque - conjunction meaning 'because' used to introduce a reason or cause for something
Preterite - a verb tense to describe completed events in the past e.g. 'I did'
Common misconception
All the different persons of the -ar verbs in the preterite tense have the same endings, as in the English simple past, e.g. 'did', 'ate', 'went', 'learned'.
In Spanish, the endings for -ar verbs in the preterite tense differ depending on the grammatical person. The 'I' form ends in -é and the 'you' form ends in -aste.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the English and Spanish.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.The is a verb tense used to describe completed events in the past.
Q4.To conjugate the 'I' form of an -ar verb in the preterite tense you remove the (-ar) and add .
Q5.Translate into Spanish: 'I cleaned'.
Q6.Translate into Spanish: 'I washed the dog.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
