Famous Spanish speakers: regular verbs 3rd person singular (preterite)
Learning outcomes
I can use the preterite tense to talk about the lives of famous Spanish speakers.
I can identify and apply the rules for penultimate syllable stress in Spanish words.
Famous Spanish speakers: regular verbs 3rd person singular (preterite)
Learning outcomes
I can use the preterite tense to talk about the lives of famous Spanish speakers.
I can identify and apply the rules for penultimate syllable stress in Spanish words.
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Key learning points
- If the stress is on the penultimate syllable and the word ends in a vowel, -n, or -s, an accent is not needed.
- To say the date in Spanish, we use cardinal numbers such as 'uno', 'dos', 'tres'. 'First' is an exception.
- To mean 'she, he, it' when using the preterite for past events, use '-ó' for -ar verbs, and '-ió' for -er/-ir verbs.
- The verbs 'ir' and 'hacer' are irregular. Their 3rd person singular preterite forms are 'fue' and 'hizo'.
Keywords
Penultimate (syllable) stress - pronouncing the second-last syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Cardinal numbers - numbers that indicate quantity, e.g. 'one', 'two', 'three'
Ordinal numbers - numbers that indicate position or order, e.g. 'first', 'second', 'third'
Preterite - tense used for events completed in the past
Common misconception
All Spanish words with stress on the second-to-last syllable must have a written accent.
If a word ends in a vowel, -n, or -s, it usually has that stress naturally and doesn’t need an accent. Accents are only used when the word sounds different from the normal rule.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
birthday
music
night
number
success
prize
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
she, he, it travelled
I travel
she, he, it received
I received
she, he, it ate
I eat