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Un viaje escolar: irregular preterite stems, preterite 'ir', 'hacer'
I can use irregular verbs in the preterite when talking about a school trip.
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Un viaje escolar: irregular preterite stems, preterite 'ir', 'hacer'
I can use irregular verbs in the preterite when talking about a school trip.
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Key learning points
- Knowing a word means you can understand it in listening and reading but also use it in speaking and writing.
- Formation of plural nouns rule 4: when a word ends in -ión, add -es and remove the accent.
- Cognates may look very similar to English but sound quite different so attention must be paid to pronunciation.
- 1st person singular of verbs with irregular preterite stems: dije, estuve, pude, puse, quise, supe, traje and vine.
- The singular persons of irregular verbs ‘ir’ and ‘hacer’ are: ‘fui’, ‘fuiste’, ‘fue’, ‘hice’, ‘hiciste’ and ‘hizo’.
Keywords
Preterite tense - a tense used for events completed in the past
Irregular verb - a verb that does not follow the regular rules
Stem - part of the verb that appears in all forms
Common misconception
Cognates are words that look and sound like English.
Cognates may look very similar to English but sound quite different so attention must be paid to pronunciation.
Teachers can use this as an opportunity to get students to write about a school trip they have been to, not necessarily an exchange. This would also involve retrieving prior knowledge: regular -ar, -er and -ir preterite.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.What is the stem of 'entregar'?
What is the stem of 'entregar'?
Q3.Match the verb with the person they refer to.
Match the verb with the person they refer to.
Q4.Which of the following verbs end in '-go' for the 1st person singular in the present tense?
Which of the following verbs end in '-go' for the 1st person singular in the present tense?
escribir
preguntar
Q5.What is 'I say' in Spanish?
What is 'I say' in Spanish?
decir
dices
diciendo
dice
Q6.What is 'with you' in Spanish?
What is 'with you' in Spanish?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.When revisiting vocabulary, practising words in __________, reading, __________ and writing is essential to really know a word.
When revisiting vocabulary, practising words in __________, reading, __________ and writing is essential to really know a word.
Q3.To talk about a completed action in the past we use the tense.
To talk about a completed action in the past we use the tense.
simple present
present continuous
imperfect
Q4.Complete the sequence with the appropriate forms of 'hacer' and 'ir' in the prerite: 'fui, __________, fue; __________, hiciste, __________.
Complete the sequence with the appropriate forms of 'hacer' and 'ir' in the prerite: 'fui, __________, fue; __________, hiciste, __________.
Q5.Match the irregular verbs with the English.
Match the irregular verbs with the English.
Q6.How do you say 'I was' in the preterite? Use the verb 'estar'.
How do you say 'I was' in the preterite? Use the verb 'estar'.
