Excursions and trips: 'fui', 'fuiste' and 'fue'
Learning outcomes
I can use the singular forms of ‘ir’ in the preterite tense to describe where I and others went.
I can use my knowledge of words with final syllable stress to pronounce and spell unfamiliar words.
- Year 8
Excursions and trips: 'fui', 'fuiste' and 'fue'
Learning outcomes
I can use the singular forms of ‘ir’ in the preterite tense to describe where I and others went.
I can use my knowledge of words with final syllable stress to pronounce and spell unfamiliar words.
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- If a Spanish word has final syllable stress, and ends in a vowel or -n/-s, there will be an accent on the last vowel.
- The verb 'ir' is irregular and means 'to go'. 'I go' is 'voy', 'you go' is 'vas' and 'she, he, it goes' is 'va'.
- In the preterite tense the singular forms of 'ir' are: 'fui' (I went), 'fuiste' (you went) and 'fue' (she, he, it went).
- 'To' is 'a' in Spanish; before a feminine noun 'to the' is 'a la', before a masculine noun it is 'al'.
- To create some Spanish adverbs from adjectives you take the feminine form (ending in -a) and add -mente on the end.
Keywords
Ir - Spanish verb meaning 'to go, going'
Preterite - tense used for events completed in the past
Fui - ‘I went’, preterite tense of 'ir' in the 1st person singular
Fuiste - ‘you went’, preterite tense of 'ir' in the 2nd person singular
Fue - ‘she, he, it went', preterite tense of 'ir' in the 3rd person singular
Common misconception
I know 'ir' in the present tense, so it will be easy to remember it in the preterite tense.
'Ir' is an irregular verb in both the present and the preterite tense. This verb is very common and therefore needs to be learnt off by heart.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'OK'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'he likes the atmosphere and you love the music'.
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'los perros están cansados'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'the book interests me'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which words need an accent?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
