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

      Lesson details

      Learning outcome

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

      Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons

      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.

      Teacher tip

      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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      Prior knowledge starter quiz

      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
      Correct Answer:escuchar,to listen, listening
      Correct Answer:jugar,to play, playing
      Correct Answer:leer,to read, reading
      Correct Answer:mirar,to look, looking
      Correct Answer:practicar,to practise, practising

      Q3.
      Match the Spanish and English.

      Correct Answer:armario (m),wardrobe
      Correct Answer:juego (m),game
      Correct Answer:frase (f),sentence
      Correct Answer:lista (f),list
      Correct Answer:leche (f),milk
      Correct Answer:texto (m),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

      4 Questions

      Q1.
      Match the words and missing sounds.

      Correct Answer:bocadi__o,[ll]
      Correct Answer:monta__a,[ñ]
      Correct Answer:jug__te,[ue]
      Correct Answer:co__er,[rr]
      Correct Answer:__nte,[ge]
      Correct Answer:tar__ta,[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
      Correct Answer:tiran,they throw
      Correct Answer:tiramos,we throw
      Correct Answer:comer,to eat, eating
      Correct Answer:comen,they eat
      Correct Answer:comemos,we eat

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

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

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