How is Sofía? Using 'está' to say how someone is today
Learning outcomes
I can use a range of adjectives to understand how someone is feeling today.
I can read aloud and distinguish between the key sounds [a] [o] and [u].
How is Sofía? Using 'está' to say how someone is today
Learning outcomes
I can use a range of adjectives to understand how someone is feeling today.
I can read aloud and distinguish between the key sounds [a] [o] and [u].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondences [a], [o] and [u] can be practised with many place names in Spanish-speaking countries.
- Masculine adjectives that end in ‘o’ change to an ‘a’ when the person or animal being described is female.
- Adjectives ending in –e or -z can describe a female and male person or animal; they do not change.
Keywords
Está - part of the verb 'estar' - 'to be, being' - meaning 'she, he, it is'
Adjective - a word that gives information about a noun
[a] - pronounced as in 'casa'
[o] - pronounced as in 'dos'
[u] - pronounced as in 'universo'
Common misconception
Adjectives ending in -e and -z change to -a when the person or animal described is female.
When an adjective ends in –e or -z , it can describe a female and male person or animal. It does not change.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the English and Spanish.
fast (f)
slow (m)
ready (m)
pleased (f)
serious (m)
Q2.Match up the English and Spanish.
I am pleased now.
I am calm.
Hello. He is absent.
Goodbye. She is tired.
Q3.Which word contains all three sounds [e], [i] and [o]?
Q4.¿Cómo estás hoy? Answer as if you are Sofia and say, 'I am curious';.
Q5.Match up the English and Spanish.
how
today
now
in
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these words would contain all three key sounds [a], [o], [u] if they were describing a female?
Q2.Match to complete the rules.
describe male subjects
describe both male and female subjects
describe female subjects
Q3.Which of these adjectives could you use to describe a female subject?
Q4.What does 'hoy' mean in the question '¿Cómo estás hoy?'.
Q5.Which of the following is the correct translation of 'Sofia is curious now'?
Q6.Match the English and Spanish.
Good afternoon
Hello
Goodbye
Good morning