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Family: 'tener' 3rd person singular and plural

I can speak about extended family using I have, we have, they have and adjective agreement.

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Family: 'tener' 3rd person singular and plural

I can speak about extended family using I have, we have, they have and adjective agreement.

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Key learning points

  1. To speak about what 'they have', 'tienen' is used.
  2. Adjectives in Spanish always have to agree with the noun in grammatical gender and number.

Keywords

  • Adjective agreement - when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number

  • Tienen - part of verb ‘tener’ and means ‘they have’

  • Es - part of verb ‘ser’ and means 'she, he, it is' (trait)

  • Son - part of verb ‘ser’ and means 'they are' (trait)

Common misconception

The adjective needs to agree with the verb.

This is only the case with attribute verbs like 'ser' or 'estar' because the adjective is still referring to an implicit noun (person, thing).

This lesson is deliberately not focused on pupils' own families. However, teachers may wish, where appropriate to their classes, invite pupils to develop personal responses about their own extended family, or other people that are important in their lives.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish with the English.

Correct Answer:caminar,to walk

to walk

Correct Answer:ciencias,science

science

Correct Answer:grupo,group

group

Correct Answer:silencio,silence

silence

Q2.
How many [r] sounds are in this sentence: 'Hay que parar y repetir el correo'.

1
2
Correct answer: 3
4

Q3.
Match the English with the Spanish.

Correct Answer:I have,tengo

tengo

Correct Answer:you have,tienes

tienes

Correct Answer:she/he/it has,tiene

tiene

Correct Answer:we have,tenemos

tenemos

Q4.
How do you say 'strong' in plural in Spanish?

Correct Answer: fuertes

Q5.
Place the adjectives in this order: beautiful, small, strange, old.

1 - hermosa
2 - pequeña
3 - rara
4 - antigua

Q6.
How do you say 'we have some expensive boats'.

Correct Answer: tenemos unos barcos caros, Tenemos unos barcos caros.

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4 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish with the English.

Correct Answer:tenemos,we have

we have

Correct Answer:tengo,I have

I have

Correct Answer:tienen,they have

they have

Correct Answer:tienes,you have

you have

Q2.
Which words are missing from ' perro. activo.'? (We)

Correct answer: tenemos, un, es
tenemos, unos, son
tienen, un, es
tienen, unos, son

Q3.
How do you say 'quite'?

Correct Answer: bastante

Q4.
Which is the right way to turn the words in this sentence into singular, and also into feminine when possible (nouns, adjectives, verbs): 'Tienen unos trabajos. Son interesantes y antiguos.'

Correct answer: Tiene un trabajo. Es interesante y antiguo.
Tienes una trabajo. Son interesante y antigua.
Tenemos un trabajo. Es interesante y antigua.
Tenemos un trabajo. Son interesante y antiguo.

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UnitSpanish / What we have: 'tener' plural persons, plural adjectives

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