Lifestyle: -er and -ir verbs 3rd person singular
Learning outcomes
I can understand -er and -ir infinitives and 3rd person singular verbs describing what someone else does.
I can transcribe words with 'g' and 'j' to deepen my vocabulary knowledge.
Lifestyle: -er and -ir verbs 3rd person singular
Learning outcomes
I can understand -er and -ir infinitives and 3rd person singular verbs describing what someone else does.
I can transcribe words with 'g' and 'j' to deepen my vocabulary knowledge.
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Key learning points
- The SSCs [ga], [go], [gu] are pronounced as in 'ganar', 'domingo', 'preguntar'.
- Some Spanish infinitives end in -er and -ir rather than -ar.
- The 3rd person singular ending for -er and -ir verbs is -e.
- The 3rd person singular form of the verb refers to she, he or it.
Keywords
Transcribe - write what you hear
-er verb - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -er
-ir verb - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -ir
Infinitive - form of the verb giving its general meaning, with no subject or tense
3rd person - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to another person
Common misconception
[ge] and [gi] are a soft 'g' sound as in English. Spanish [j] is different so you can always hear the difference when you transcribe words with these sounds.
Spanish [ge] and [gi] sounds like Spanish [j] + e and [j] + i, so you cannot hear the difference when you transcribe. However, there is often a clue from English, e.g., 'religión' in Spanish is spelled with [gi] as in English.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word has a different 'g' sound to the others?
Q2.Which adjective doesn't change for grammatical gender?
Q3.Which word means 'like'?
Q4.Match the Spanish and English.
boring
fair, clear
crazy
dark-haired, tanned
Q5.'Escuchar' means 'to listen'. Write 'she, he, it listens' in Spanish.
Q6.How do you say 'we are' in Spanish for traits?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which verbs are infinitives?
Q2.What is the 3rd person singular present tense of 'beber'?
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
water
meat
fruit
exercise
tasty, rich
never