Una autora inmigrante: singular -er/-ir preterite
I can use -er and -ir verbs in the past (preterite) to understand and ask questions about past experiences of moving to live in another country.
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Una autora inmigrante: singular -er/-ir preterite
I can use -er and -ir verbs in the past (preterite) to understand and ask questions about past experiences of moving to live in another country.
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Key learning points
- Regular -er/-ir verbs: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular PAST preterite (-í, iste & -ió).
- Some -er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel add an extra 'y' in 3rd person singular forms in the preterite tense.
- When forming questions including a preposition, place the preposition at the beginning of the sentence.
Keywords
Preterite - a tense used for events completed in the past
Preposition - a type of word often used to express direction, time or location
Stem - the part of a word that expresses its core meaning; in Spanish verbs this is the first part up to the -ar, -er, -ir
Infinitive - the verb as it appears in a dictionary
Common misconception
The ending -ió is always used with -er and -ir verbs to refer to she, he or it in the preterite tense.
For -er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel, add -yó to refer to 'he', 'she' or 'it in the preterite tense.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does convencí mean?
Q2.What does redució mean?
Q3.Match the question words.
Q4.Match the prepositions with their meanings.
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'She wrote a book.'
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'You lived in Mexico.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the different forms of the verb 'vivir'.
