Likes and dislikes: singular opinion verbs
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The present
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Why this why now
Pupils will already know a range of -ar verbs in the present tense. This unit introduces two new -ar verbs, ‘amar’ to love and ‘odiar’ to hate, which enable pupils to ask for and give opinions, extending their communicative repertoire. Already familiar with definite articles ‘el’ and ‘la’, pupils are well placed to learn the plural definite articles ‘los’ and ‘las’, and that they need to use definite articles after opinion verbs, where they are not used in English. Trickier sound-symbol correspondences r, rr are introduced now that pupils are confident with easier sounds.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know how to form singular persons of -ar verbs.
- Pupils know singular definite articles 'el' and 'la' meaning the.
- Pupils know how to use reference resources to personalise their responses, e.g., a word list.
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The present
Use reference resources
Why this why now
Pupils will already know a range of -ar verbs in the present tense. This unit introduces two new -ar verbs, ‘amar’ to love and ‘odiar’ to hate, which enable pupils to ask for and give opinions, extending their communicative repertoire. Already familiar with definite articles ‘el’ and ‘la’, pupils are well placed to learn the plural definite articles ‘los’ and ‘las’, and that they need to use definite articles after opinion verbs, where they are not used in English. Trickier sound-symbol correspondences r, rr are introduced now that pupils are confident with easier sounds.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know how to form singular persons of -ar verbs.
- Pupils know singular definite articles 'el' and 'la' meaning the.
- Pupils know how to use reference resources to personalise their responses, e.g., a word list.
Likes and dislikes: singular opinion verbs
In this unit, pupils use singular persons of new verbs ‘amar’ to love and ‘odiar’ to hate to express opinions. They use reference resources to personalise their responses, researching new nouns. Pupils also develop their phonics knowledge, practising two new sounds, r and rr.
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