The past of a Spanish-speaking city: 'era', 'eras'
I can use the verb ‘ser’ in both the present and imperfect tenses to understand a text about a Spanish-speaking city.
- Year 9
The past of a Spanish-speaking city: 'era', 'eras'
I can use the verb ‘ser’ in both the present and imperfect tenses to understand a text about a Spanish-speaking city.
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Key learning points
- The verb 'ser' is used to talk about traits.
- Its simple present forms are: 'soy', 'eres', 'es' and its imperfect tense forms are: 'era', 'eras', 'era'.
- Most Spanish adjectives go after the noun. We use them to describe objective qualities (e.g. traits, origin, colours).
- Prenominal adjectives go before the noun and are used to express subjective opinions or for emphasis.
- Some adjectives can come before or after the noun, but their meaning changes
Keywords
Simple present - describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'
Imperfect tense - tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past
Prenominal adjectives - adjectives that usually appear before the noun they describe to express subjective opinions or for emphasis
Common misconception
In Spanish, all adjectives go after the noun.
Most Spanish adjectives go after the noun; they describe objective qualities (traits, origin, colours,...). However, some adjectives go before the noun; these prenominal adjectives often express subjective opinions or give emphasis.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which noun is not linked to the environment?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'at the moment I am not paying attention'.
Q5.Write in English: 'hay un olor terrible'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'they announce the show'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.'Siempre gano el __________ premio'. Choose the correct adjective.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Choose the meaning of the adjective in each sentence.
