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How someone is today: singular regular adjective agreement
Learning outcomes
I can use 'está' to describe how someone is feeling today.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sound [i].
Lesson 7 of 10
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- Year 3
How someone is today: singular regular adjective agreement
Learning outcomes
I can use 'está' to describe how someone is feeling today.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sound [i].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence [i] sounds like the ‘i’ in the Spanish word ‘idea’.
- When the person or animal being described is male, adjectives end in -o.
- When the person or animal being described is female, adjectives end in -a.
- 'Está' means 'she, he, it is' or just 'is' when talking about mood and temporary states.
Keywords
[i] - pronounced [i] as in 'idea'
Está - part of the verb 'estar' - 'to be, being' - meaning 'she, he it is'
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
Common misconception
English and Spanish sound-spelling links are the same.
Sound-symbol correspondence [i] is different in Spanish and English and reading aloud Spanish words with [i] leads to more secure knowledge.
Next lesson, after taking the register in Spanish: 'Estoy presente', 'Está ausente', pupils can describe themselves using a single sentence: 'Estoy curioso/a hoy' with adjectival agreement for male/female.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match up the Spanish and English [e] words.
Match up the Spanish and English [e] words.
Q2.Rubén está aquí. Está tranquilo. Rubén is here. How is he?
Rubén está aquí. Está tranquilo. Rubén is here. How is he?
He is serious.
He is pleased.
He is ready.
Q3.I ask you how you are. Which question would be correct?
I ask you how you are. Which question would be correct?
¿Cómo está?
¿Cómo estoy?
Q4.How would you say, 'I am tired' in Spanish?
How would you say, 'I am tired' in Spanish?
Q5.Match up the Spanish and the English.
Match up the Spanish and the English.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.How does the vowel [i] sound in Spanish?
How does the vowel [i] sound in Spanish?
Like the short e sound in English
Like the short i sound in English
Q2.Adjectives are words that give information about ...
Adjectives are words that give information about ...
verbs
other adjectives
pronouns
Q3.Match up the Spanish and English.
Match up the Spanish and English.
Q4.In Spanish, adjectives that end in -o change to what letter when describing people and animals that are female?
In Spanish, adjectives that end in -o change to what letter when describing people and animals that are female?
Q5.Quique está serio. Sofía está...
Quique está serio. Sofía está...
serio
serious
Q6.Está can mean both she, he, it is and
Está can mean both she, he, it is and
