How are you feeling? Information questions with '¿cómo?'
Learning outcomes
I can use singular persons of ‘estar’ to ask and answer questions about how someone is.
I can read aloud and pronounce a range of words with the key sound [e].
- Year 3
How are you feeling? Information questions with '¿cómo?'
Learning outcomes
I can use singular persons of ‘estar’ to ask and answer questions about how someone is.
I can read aloud and pronounce a range of words with the key sound [e].
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence [e] can be practised with words such as ‘tener’ and ‘papel’.
- Spanish pronouns are often not used; the verb ending indicates the person who is carrying out the action of the verb.
- Spanish question word ‘¿cómo?’ combine with ‘estar’ to ask how someone is.
Keywords
[e] - pronounced [e] as in elefante
¿cómo? - question word for 'how?'
Estoy - part of the verb 'estar', 'to be, being', meaning 'I am'
Está - part of the verb 'estar', 'to be, being', meaning 'she, he, it is'
Common misconception
Spanish verbs always need pronouns, like in English, to convey the person doing the action.
Spanish verbs don't always need pronouns. The verb endings indicates the person doing the action.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'serious'?
Q2.'Estoy contento' means 'I am pleased'. Which phrase means 'I am ready'?
Q3.Match the Spanish and the English.
