The weather: 'hacer' meaning 'be'
Learning outcomes
I can use ‘hacer’ to describe the weather and say what I and others are doing.
I can use accents correctly on words with stress on the penultimate (second-last) syllable stress.
- Year 6
The weather: 'hacer' meaning 'be'
Learning outcomes
I can use ‘hacer’ to describe the weather and say what I and others are doing.
I can use accents correctly on words with stress on the penultimate (second-last) syllable stress.
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- Words with penultimate syllable stress that end in any other consonant other than 'n' and 's' need an accent.
- The verb 'hacer' can mean 'to do', 'to make' and 'to go'.
- The verb 'hacer' is also used to mean it is' when describing the weather.
- To work out the correct meaning of the verb, you often have to use the context to understand it.
Keywords
Hacer - irregular Spanish verb meaning 'to do', 'to make'
Hace - she, he, it does, part of the verb ‘hacer’ meaning 'to do' and 'to make' and also used when describing the weather
Hago - I do, part of the verb ‘hacer’ meaning 'to do' and 'to make'
Common misconception
We can translate weather phrases word for word from English and use the verb 'es'.
When talking about the weather, we use 'hace' to mean 'it is'. We can’t translate weather phrases word for word from English.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'pencil'?
Q2.Match the Spanish to the English.
Q3.Order the numbers from smallest to biggest.
Q4.Order the words to say 'it it always cold in the north of England'.
Q5.Order the words to say 'there is good weather during the majority of summer'.
Q6.'I swim in the sea in spring.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'west'?
Q2.Which word is an adverb?
Q3.Match the Spanish to the English.
