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Describe family members: possessive adjective 'nuestro'
I can use possessive adjectives ‘nuestro’ and ‘nuestra’ to describe what our and others' family members do.
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- Year 8
Describe family members: possessive adjective 'nuestro'
I can use possessive adjectives ‘nuestro’ and ‘nuestra’ to describe what our and others' family members do.
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Key learning points
- There is an accent on the final vowel of numbers 22, 23 and 26 because they have final-syllable stress and end in ‘s’.
- Many jobs end in -o when they refer to a man and -a when they refer to a woman, e.g. 'músico' and 'música' (musician).
- The indefinite article ('un', 'una') is not used when stating what job someone does, e.g. 'mi padre es médico'.
- To say the possessive adjective ‘our’ in Spanish, use 'nuestro'. 'Nuestro' needs to agree in gender with the noun.
- For singular masculine nouns use 'nuestro', for singular feminine nouns use 'nuestra'.
Keywords
Possessive adjective - shows who something belongs to
Nuestro - our (masculine singular), possessive adjective
Nuestra - our (feminine singular), possessive adjective
Common misconception
To say 'my mum is a teacher', it's 'mi madre es una profesora.'
In Spanish, we do not need the indefinite article ('un', 'una') when referring to jobs, so we would just say 'mi madre es profesora.'
This lesson covers numbers 21-30. Students love making up their own games to practise numbers. You could write a number between 1 and 30 on a whiteboard, hide it, and then let them guess which one it is in Spanish. They could then replicate this game in pairs.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q4.'My friend is 13 years old'. Choose the correct translation.
'My friend is 13 years old'. Choose the correct translation.
Mi amigo es trece años.
Mi amigo está trece años.
Mi amigo hace trece años.
Q5.Write in English: 'tu madre es elegante'.
Write in English: 'tu madre es elegante'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'my father's house'.
Write in Spanish: 'my father's house'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which numbers have an accent in Spanish?
Which numbers have an accent in Spanish?
24
25
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.'Nuestro __________ está aqui'. Which nouns would fit this sentence?
'Nuestro __________ está aqui'. Which nouns would fit this sentence?
hija
tarjeta
tías
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'my uncle is a doctor'.
Write in Spanish: 'my uncle is a doctor'.
