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Household chores: -ar and -er verbs 'we' form

Learning outcomes

I can say what household chores we do and they do and what chores we love and hate.

I can accurately read and transcribe known and unknown words.

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Year 6

Household chores: -ar and -er verbs 'we' form

Learning outcomes

I can say what household chores we do and they do and what chores we love and hate.

I can accurately read and transcribe known and unknown words.

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Key learning points

  1. Reading and writing known and unknown words improves pronunciation and knowledge of sound-spelling correspondences.
  2. To mean 'we' with an -ar verb, remove -ar ending and add -amos. To mean 'they', remove -ar ending and add -an.
  3. To mean 'we' with an -er verb, remove -er ending and add -emos. To mean 'they', remove -er ending and add -en.
  4. To say we 'love, hate to do' something, use the 'we' form of 'amar' and 'odiar' followed by the infinitive.
  5. In English, phrases like 'we love' and 'we hate' can be followed by the infinitive (to + verb) or the gerund (-ing).

Keywords

  • -ar verb - a verb whose infiinitive ends in -ar

  • -er verb - a verb whose infinitive ends in -er

  • Infinitive - form of the verb found in a dictionary giving the general meaning of the verb

  • Gerund - the -ing form of the verb that functions as a noun in a sentence

Common misconception

When talking about what we like and hate, we change the ending of ‘amar’ or ‘odiar’ to say who loves or hates something and use the gerund (-ing form) of the following verb.

We change the ending of ‘amar’ or ‘odiar’ to say who loves or hates something, but the verb that follows is in the infinitive.


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Pupils could create mini surveys on household chores and ask one another whether they like, love or hate the different tasks. This would promote purposeful speaking and the results could be used for a class display.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Order the numbers from smallest to largest.

1 - diez
2 - catorce
3 - quince
4 - veintidós
5 - veintitrés
6 - treinta
7 - treinta y uno

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.

Correct Answer:aprender,to learn, learning

to learn, learning

Correct Answer:escuchar,to listen, listening

to listen, listening

Correct Answer:jugar,to play, playing

to play, playing

Correct Answer:leer,to read, reading

to read, reading

Correct Answer:mirar,to look, looking

to look, looking

Correct Answer:practicar,to practise, practising

to practise, practising

Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.

Correct Answer:armario (m),wardrobe

wardrobe

Correct Answer:juego (m),game

game

Correct Answer:frase (f),sentence

sentence

Correct Answer:lista (f),list

list

Correct Answer:leche (f),milk

milk

Correct Answer:texto (m),text

text

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'I do an activity and you make the bed'.

1 - hago
2 - una
3 - actividad
4 - y
5 - haces
6 - la
7 - cama

Q5.
Write in English: 'ayudo en el jardín'.

Correct Answer: I help in the garden

Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'I prepare the food'.

Correct Answer: preparo la comida, yo preparo la comida

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4 Questions

Q1.
Match the words and missing sounds.

Correct Answer:bocadi__o,[ll]

[ll]

Correct Answer:monta__a,[ñ]

[ñ]

Correct Answer:jug__te,[ue]

[ue]

Correct Answer:co__er,[rr]

[rr]

Correct Answer:__nte,[ge]

[ge]

Correct Answer:tar__ta,[je]

[je]

Q2.
'I love speaking Spanish'. Which translation is correct?

Amo hablo español.
Correct answer: Amo hablar español.
Amo hablando español.
Amar hablo español.
Amar hablar español.

Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.

Correct Answer:tirar,to throw, throwing

to throw, throwing

Correct Answer:tiran,they throw

they throw

Correct Answer:tiramos,we throw

we throw

Correct Answer:comer,to eat, eating

to eat, eating

Correct Answer:comen,they eat

they eat

Correct Answer:comemos,we eat

we eat

Q4.
Write in Spanish: 'we hate cleaning'.

Correct Answer: odiamos limpiar, nosotros odiamos limpiar, nosotras odiamos limpiar

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