What I and others do: -ar verbs 'I' and 'she, he'
Learning outcomes
I can use -ar verbs in 1st and 3rd person singular to talk about activities that I and someone else does.
I can differentiate confidently between [l] and [ll] when I speak.
- Year 3
What I and others do: -ar verbs 'I' and 'she, he'
Learning outcomes
I can use -ar verbs in 1st and 3rd person singular to talk about activities that I and someone else does.
I can differentiate confidently between [l] and [ll] when I speak.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondences [ll] and [l] can be contrasted and secured in a pronunciation game.
- To mean 'I' with a verb, the -ar verb ending changes to -o, e.g. 'hablo', I speak.
- To mean 'she, he, it' with a verb, the -ar verb ending changes to -a, e.g. 'habla', she, he, it speaks.
Keywords
[l] - pronouced as in 'libro'
[ll] - pronounced as in 'llamar'
1st person singular - form of pronoun and verbs used to refer to yourself
3rd person singular - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to other people e.g. she, he, it
Common misconception
The [l] and [ll] sounds are pronounced the same in Spanish.
The [l] and [ll] sounds are pronounced differently in Spanish; the [ll] sound is pronounced as in 'amarillo' and 'llamar'.
Equipment
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these words use the indefinite article 'un'?
Q2.Which words are infinitives?
Q3.Which sentence means 'I listen in class'?
Q4.Match the English and the Spanish.
Q5.Look at this sentence 'Necesitar un estuche en una mochila es normal'. Put the different parts of speech in the order they appear in the sentence.
Q6.Change 'Llevo un sombrero en casa' ('I wear a hat at home') to 'Wearing a hat at home'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and the English.
Q2.To mean 'I', we remove -ar at the end of the infinitive and add ...
Q3.Match the Spanish and the English.
