Dates: questions with 'cuál', 'qué' and 'cuándo'
Learning outcomes
I can understand and answer different questions about dates.
I can pronounce and identify weak vowel [u] in isolation and in combination with strong vowels.
- Year 5
Dates: questions with 'cuál', 'qué' and 'cuándo'
Learning outcomes
I can understand and answer different questions about dates.
I can pronounce and identify weak vowel [u] in isolation and in combination with strong vowels.
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- The vowel [u] is a weak vowel and it merges with [a] [e] and [o] to make a single syllable.
- 'Cuál' and 'qué' can be used to ask about today's date; 'cuándo' is used to ask about specific dates.
- 'Cuál' and 'cuándo' are followed by 'es'; qué is followed by a noun.
- Days of the week, months of the year and numbers 1-31 are used to understand and communicate dates.
Keywords
Weak vowel - the vowel [u] which merges with [a], [e] and [o] to make a single syllable
Strong vowels - the vowels [a], [e], [u] which are pronounced separately when they appear next to each other
Cuál - question word meaning which
Qué - question word meaning what
Cuándo - question word meaning when
Common misconception
'¿Qué?' and '¿cuál?' are always interchangeable when asking for dates: '¿Qué es la fecha?' and '¿Cuál es la fecha?' are both correct.
The natural way to ask the date in Spanish is '¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?'. 'Cuál' is followed by ‘es’ and 'qué' is followed by a noun.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is feminine?
Q2.Order the days of the week.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'my grandfather is tired and my grandmother is active'.
Q5.Write in English: 'odias mis ideas'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'the food is perfect'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.'¿__________ es la fecha de hoy?'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q2.Match the word with the missing sound.
Q3.Match the dates in words and numbers.
