What is it? Singular indefinite articles 'un' and 'una'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can recognise the gender of nouns and use the singular indefinite articles, 'un' and 'una', in Spanish.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [l] sounds the same in English and Spanish, but [ll] sounds different in Spanish.
- Nouns and indefinite articles have grammatical gender in Spanish.
- Most masculine nouns end in 'o' and most feminine nouns end in 'a'.
- 'Un' means a/an with masculine nouns, and 'una' is a/an with feminine nouns.
Keywords
[l] and [ll] - pronounced as in ‘libro’ and ‘llamar’
Noun - a word for an thing or person (car, eye)
Indefinite article - the 'a' that comes before a noun (a tree, a car)
Grammatical gender - all nouns in Spanish are masculine or feminine, even if they are not about people/animals
Common misconception
[ll] is pronounced the same in Spanish and English.
[ll] is pronounced differently in Spanish and English. It is important to recognise and pronounce sound-spelling links correctly to understand and be understood by other Spanish speakers.
Teacher tip
The concept of gender is central to this lesson as we introduce grammatical gender of nouns and indefinite articles. This can be linked to prior learning about gender-based spelling changes to adjectives.
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which order of [e] and [a] matches the order of sounds in this sentence?: 'Estoy en España.'
Q2.Match each Spanish word to an English category.
country
greeting
point on a compass
form of transport
Q3.Put the Spanish words into pairs.
norte
hola
Inglaterra
estás
Q4.Complete the Spanish question 'where is she, he, it?' ¿Dónde _______?
Q5.Match the definitions.
a word that communicates actions or states
a word for a person, place, or thing
a word that gives information about a noun
Q6.In which order do any of the sounds [a], [o], [u] appear in the sentence '¿Está en el norte o en el sur?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which items have the correct match between word for 'a/an' and noun?
Q2.Write what you see in the picture in Spanish (indefinite article + noun)
Q3.Singular indefinite articles in Spanish ...
Q4.Which types of word have grammatical gender in Spanish?
Q5.What is the correct order of key sounds in this Spanish sentence: '¡Hola! Tengo una llave y un bolígrafo.'?
Q6.Put the Spanish translation of these four words in alphabetical order.
To help you plan your 7 Spanish lesson on: What is it? Singular indefinite articles 'un' and 'una', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 7 Spanish lesson on: What is it? Singular indefinite articles 'un' and 'una', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 3 Spanish lessons from the Belongings: 'tener' and articles 'un' and 'una' unit, dive into the full secondary Spanish curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.