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Summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st person present and past
I can say what I normally do and what I did in the summer.
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- Year 8
Summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st person present and past
I can say what I normally do and what I did in the summer.
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Key learning points
- The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in '-é'
- The 1st person singular present of -ar verbs ends in '-o'
- To make a sentence negative we put the negation word 'no' before the verb.
Keywords
-ar verbs - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -ar, e.g. 'estudiar', 'cantar'
Present tense - a verb tense to describe habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'
Preterite - a verb tense to describe completed events in the past, e.g. 'I did'
Common misconception
-AR verbs have the same ending for the 'I' form of the present and preterite tense.
In the present tense, the 1st person singular ends in '-o' and in the preterite, the 1st person singular ends in '-é'.
The teacher might want to ask pupils to complete activity C3 as a writing activity as well for students to practise spelling the new vocabulary.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.Match the English to the Spanish.
Match the English to the Spanish.
Q3.Choose the correct verb to say 'I spend a lot of time with my family': ' mucho tiempo con mi familia.'
Choose the correct verb to say 'I spend a lot of time with my family': ' mucho tiempo con mi familia.'
pasar
pasas
pasa
pasamos
Q4.Put these months of the year in the correct order.
Put these months of the year in the correct order.
Q5.What does 'sin' mean?
What does 'sin' mean?
Q6.Order the words to say in Spanish: 'I am going to go to the park'.
Order the words to say in Spanish: 'I am going to go to the park'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish to the English.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Q2.Match the English to the Spanish.
Match the English to the Spanish.
Q3.Choose the correct adjective: 'Tengo una pared en mi casa.'
Choose the correct adjective: 'Tengo una pared en mi casa.'
negro
negros
negras
Q4.Which sentences are in the preterite tense?
Which sentences are in the preterite tense?
Limpio la casa cada día.
Normalmente bailo por las tardes.
Q5.Translate into English: 'No limpié la casa.'
Translate into English: 'No limpié la casa.'
Q6.Translate into Spanish: 'I enjoyed to the max.'
Translate into Spanish: 'I enjoyed to the max.'
