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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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Year 8

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

  1. If the stress is on the penultimate syllable and the word ends in a vowel, -n, or -s, an accent is not needed.
  2. To say the date in Spanish, we use cardinal numbers such as 'uno', 'dos', 'tres'. 'First' is an exception.
  3. To mean 'she, he, it' when using the preterite for past events, use '-ó' for -ar verbs, and '-ió' for -er/-ir verbs.
  4. 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

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6 Questions

Q1.
'Daniel es una persona __________'. Choose the correct adjective.
serio
Correct answer: seria
serios
serias
Q2.
Order the months from earliest to latest.
1 - enero
2 - febrero
3 - marzo
4 - abril
5 - junio
6 - julio
7 - agosto
Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:cumpleaños (m),birthday

birthday

Correct Answer:música (f),music

music

Correct Answer:noche (f),night

night

Correct Answer:número (m),number

number

Correct Answer:éxito (m),success

success

Correct Answer:premio (m),prize

prize

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'the musician does not study in Spain'.
1 - la
2 - música
3 - no
4 - estudia
5 - en
6 - España
Q5.
Write in English: 'hay diez jugadores'.
Correct Answer: there are ten players, there are 10 players
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'I always arrive late'.
Correct Answer: siempre llego tarde, yo siempre llego tarde

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
Which words require an accent?
Correct answer: azucar
estudiante
ejemplo
Correct answer: facil
malo
Q2.
Which dates are correct?
Correct answer: el uno de mayo
Correct answer: el primero de mayo
Correct answer: el dos de mayo
el segundo de mayo
el tercero de mayo
Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:viajó,she, he, it travelled

she, he, it travelled

Correct Answer:viajo,I travel

I travel

Correct Answer:recibió,she, he, it received

she, he, it received

Correct Answer:recibo,I received

I received

Correct Answer:comió,she, he, it ate

she, he, it ate

Correct Answer:como,I eat

I eat

Q4.
Write in Spanish: 'she made and she went'. Do not include pronouns.
Correct Answer: hizo y fue

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