What people do at school: regular 1st persons and 2nd person singular (present)
Learning outcomes
I can use present tense verbs to talk about what people celebrate at school.
I can use what I know about stress patterns to practise sounds and words with a partner.
- Year 8
What people do at school: regular 1st persons and 2nd person singular (present)
Learning outcomes
I can use present tense verbs to talk about what people celebrate at school.
I can use what I know about stress patterns to practise sounds and words with a partner.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- For words ending in a vowel, -n or -s, if the stress is on the final syllable, an accent is needed.
- For words ending in a vowel, -n or -s, if the stress is on the penultimate syllable, no accent is needed.
- Simple present verb endings change depending on who it refers to: -o ('I'), -as/-es ('you'), -amos/-emos/-imos ('we').
- Spanish uses the simple present for actions or plans happening today, while English uses the present continuous.
Keywords
Syllable stress - pronouncing one syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Simple present - describes habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do', and in Spanish, is also used to talk about immediate plans
Common misconception
The simple present tense in Spanish is only for habitual actions, e.g. 'every week I do my homework'.
The simple present in Spanish is used for habitual actions and immediate plans. '¿Qué haces hoy?' means 'What are you doing today?' and 'hoy hago mis deberes' means 'today I am doing my homework'. English uses the present continuous here instead.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which verb is an instruction?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I study art and they study science'.
Q5.Write in English: 'no me gusta el inglés'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'the correct words'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which words require an accent?
Q2.What does 'hago mis deberes' mean?
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
