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How someone is today: singular regular adjective agreement

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I can use 'está' to describe how someone is feeling today.

I can recognise and pronounce the key sound [i].

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Year 3

How someone is today: singular regular adjective agreement

Learning outcomes

I can use 'está' to describe how someone is feeling today.

I can recognise and pronounce the key sound [i].

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Key learning points

  1. The sound-symbol correspondence [i] sounds like the ‘i’ in the Spanish word ‘idea’.
  2. When the person or animal being described is male, adjectives end in -o.
  3. When the person or animal being described is female, adjectives end in -a.
  4. 'Está' means 'she, he, it is' or just 'is' when talking about mood and temporary states.

Keywords

  • [i] - pronounced [i] as in idea

  • Está - part of the verb estar - to be, being, meaning she, he it is

  • Adjective - word that gives information about a noun

Common misconception

English and Spanish sound-spelling links are the same.

Sound-symbol correspondence [i] is different in Spanish and English and reading aloud Spanish words with [i] leads to more secure knowledge.


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Next lesson, after taking the register in Spanish: 'Estoy presente', 'Está ausente', pupils can describe themselves using a single sentence: 'Estoy curioso/a hoy' with adjectival agreement for male/female.
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5 Questions

Q1.
Match up the Spanish and English [e] words.
Correct Answer:elefante,elephant

elephant

Correct Answer:papel,paper

paper

Correct Answer:tener,to have. having

to have. having

Correct Answer:contento,pleased

pleased

Correct Answer:nervioso,nervous

nervous

Correct Answer:serio,serious

serious

Q2.
Rubén está aquí. Está tranquilo. Rubén is here. How is he?
He is serious.
Correct answer: He is calm.
He is pleased.
He is ready.
Q3.
I ask you how you are. Which question would be correct?
¿Cómo está?
Correct answer: ¿Cómo estás?
¿Cómo estoy?
Q4.
How would you say, 'I am tired' in Spanish?
Correct Answer: Estoy cansado.
Q5.
Match up the Spanish and the English.
Correct Answer:cansado,tired

tired

Correct Answer:cómo,how

how

Correct Answer:adiós,goodbye

goodbye

Correct Answer:ahora,now

now

Correct Answer:aquí,here

here

Correct Answer:allí,there

there

6 Questions

Q1.
How does the vowel [i] sound in Spanish?
Correct answer: Like the double e sound in English
Like the short e sound in English
Like the short i sound in English
Q2.
Adjectives are words that give information about ...
Correct answer: nouns
verbs
other adjectives
pronouns
Q3.
Match up the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:curioso,curious

curious

Correct Answer:rápido,fast

fast

Correct Answer:lento,slow

slow

Correct Answer:contento,pleased

pleased

Correct Answer:tranquilo,calm

calm

Correct Answer:preparado,ready

ready

Q4.
In Spanish, adjectives that end in -o change to what letter when describing people and animals that are female?
Correct Answer: a, -a
Q5.
Quique está serio. Sofía está...
serio
Correct answer: seria
serious
Q6.
Está can mean both she, he, it is and
Correct Answer: is, just is

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