What is it? Singular indefinite articles 'un' and 'una'
Learning outcomes
I can recognise the gender of nouns and use the singular indefinite articles, 'un' and 'una', in Spanish.
I can recognise and pronounce the Spanish [l] and [ll] sounds.
- Year 7
What is it? Singular indefinite articles 'un' and 'una'
Learning outcomes
I can recognise the gender of nouns and use the singular indefinite articles, 'un' and 'una', in Spanish.
I can recognise and pronounce the Spanish [l] and [ll] sounds.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [l] sounds the same in English and Spanish, but [ll] sounds different in Spanish.
- Nouns and indefinite articles have grammatical gender in Spanish.
- Most masculine nouns end in 'o' and most feminine nouns end in 'a'.
- 'Un' means a/an with masculine nouns, and 'una' is a/an with feminine nouns.
Keywords
[l] and [ll] - pronounced as in ‘libro’ and ‘llamar’
Noun - a word for an thing or person (car, eye)
Indefinite article - the 'a' that comes before a noun (a tree, a car)
Grammatical gender - all nouns in Spanish are masculine or feminine, even if they are not about people/animals
Common misconception
[ll] is pronounced the same in Spanish and English.
[ll] is pronounced differently in Spanish and English. It is important to recognise and pronounce sound-spelling links correctly to understand and be understood by other Spanish speakers.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which order of [e] and [a] matches the order of sounds in this sentence?: 'Estoy en España.'
Q2.Match each Spanish word to an English category.
Q3.Put the Spanish words into pairs.
Q4.Complete the Spanish question 'where is she, he, it?' ¿Dónde _______?
Q5.Match the definitions.
Q6.In which order do any of the sounds [a], [o], [u] appear in the sentence '¿Está en el norte o en el sur?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which items have the correct match between word for 'a/an' and noun?
Q2.Write what you see in the picture in Spanish (indefinite article + noun)
