En el colegio: extended speaking and writing
I can use a range of regular and irregular verbs in the simple present and preterite to give a detailed description of school life and events.
- Year 10
- AQA
En el colegio: extended speaking and writing
I can use a range of regular and irregular verbs in the simple present and preterite to give a detailed description of school life and events.
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Key learning points
- Use ‘hacer’ in the 3rd person singular to talk about the weather.
- Combining the preterite tense and the present tense is a useful way to contrast past and present experiences.
- It is important to plan the use of tenses and the inclusion of regular and irregular verbs when creating a longer text.
- Creating a checklist for range of language and another for accuracy can enhance the quality of extended writing.
- Immediate repetition of a speaking task, with reduced support, improves performance.
Keywords
Hacer - an irregular verb meaning 'to do, make', 'doing' or 'making'
Hace - 3rd person singular of the verb hacer in the simple present, meaning ‘she, he, it does, makes’ or ‘it is’ when talking about the weather
Hizo - 3rd person singular of the verb hacer in the preterite, meaning ‘she, he, it did, made’ or ‘it was’ when talking about the weather
Common misconception
'Hacer' only translates as 'to do, make; doing, making'.
'Hacer' can be used to talk about the weather and therefore we can't always translate phrases with 'hacer' literally. 'Hace sol' translates as 'it's sunny' and 'hizo calor' translates as 'it was hot'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and the English.
Q2.What are the correct translations of 'hacer'?
Q3.Match the different form of 'hacer' with the person they refer to.
Q4.How do you say 'I do' in Spanish?
Q5.We use the preterite tense to talk about .
Q6.Match the sentence halves.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish with the English.
Q2.We also use 'hacer' in the 3rd person singular to talk about the .
Q3.Match the forms of 'hacer' with the appropriate translation.
