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- 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.
- 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.
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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'.
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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.
hablo
hablar
comprar
compro
necesitar
necesito
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.
book
to call, calling
yellow
to leave, leaving
light
she
Q2.To mean 'I', we remove -ar at the end of the infinitive and add ...
Q3.Match the Spanish and the English.
escuchar
escucho
escucha
dónde
cómo