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Do you hate mornings? Opinion verbs 'I', 'you', 'she, he'
I can ask and answer questions about my and others' opinions.
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- Year 4
Do you hate mornings? Opinion verbs 'I', 'you', 'she, he'
I can ask and answer questions about my and others' opinions.
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Key learning points
- Testing yourself on vocabulary helps you remember words and identify which words need more practice.
- In Spanish, the definite article (the word for the), changes according to gender and number: el, la, los and las.
- The opinion verbs 'amar' and 'odiar' can be used to say what you and others like or dislike.
- The endings for singular persons are -o for 'I', -as for 'you' and -a for 'she, he, it'.
- Subject pronouns (yo, tú, él and ella) are useful for comparing one person with another.
Keywords
Definite article - word for 'the', which changes according to gender and number
Opinion verb - verb that shows what someone thinks, feels or believes about something
Common misconception
We use opinion verbs without the definite article in Spanish as in English, e.g. I love Spanish.
In Spanish, opinion verbs always use the definite article before nouns, e.g. Amo el español.
Using familiar vocabulary, pupils could adapt Guess Who game and play alternative versions to practise opinion verbs and revise other Spanish words.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish to the English.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Q2.Which of these Spanish nouns are masculine?
Which of these Spanish nouns are masculine?
playa
mañana
Q3.Order the Spanish numbers from smallest to biggest.
Order the Spanish numbers from smallest to biggest.
Q4.Translate into English: 'Yo tengo un gato pero ella tiene un conejo'.
Translate into English: 'Yo tengo un gato pero ella tiene un conejo'.
I have a cat and she has a rabbit.
I have a dog but she has a cat.
She has a cat but I have a dog.
You have a rabbit and I have a dog.
Q5.Match the Spanish conjunctions to the English.
Match the Spanish conjunctions to the English.
Q6.Translate into Spanish: 'there are 10 books in my class'.
Translate into Spanish: 'there are 10 books in my class'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Order these Spanish numbers from biggest to smallest.
Order these Spanish numbers from biggest to smallest.
Q2.Which Spanish nouns (plurals) have the incorrect definite articles.
Which Spanish nouns (plurals) have the incorrect definite articles.
los idiomas
las botellas
Q3.Match the Spanish to the English.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Q4.Translate this sentence into Spanish: 'she loves tortoises'.
Translate this sentence into Spanish: 'she loves tortoises'.
Q5.Which Spanish sentence means 'you hate fruit but she hates cake'.
Which Spanish sentence means 'you hate fruit but she hates cake'.
Tú odias la fruta y ella odia la fruta también.
Ella odia la fruta pero él odia los bocadillos.
Tú amas la fruta pero ella odia la fruta.
Tú odias la fruta pero ella ama la tarta.
Q6.Translate 'he hates mornings' into Spanish.
Translate 'he hates mornings' into Spanish.
