A party: -ir verbs in 1st person plural
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use 1st person plural -ir verbs to talk about how we organise a party.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Applying knowledge about syllable stress reminds us how to say words that we may have forgotten how to pronounce.
- Reading aloud accurately supports our own and others’ vocabulary learning.
- We can say we know a verb when we can compose sentences of our own with its different persons.
- The verb endings for Spanish -er and -ir verbs are the same for 'I', 'you (singular)', 'she', 'he', 'it' and 'they'.
- The 1st person plural ‘we’ ending for -ir verbs is -imos; for -er verbs it is -emos.
Keywords
Stress - pronouncing one syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
-ir verb - verb whose infinitive form ends in -ir
1st person plural - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'we'
Common misconception
Spanish -er and -ir verbs share the same endings in the present tense.
The verbs endings for Spanish -er and -ir verbs are the same for 'I', 'you (singular)', 'she', 'he', 'it' and 'they'. The 1st person plural ‘we’ ending for -er verbs is -emos, and for -ir verbs is -imos.
Teacher tip
The speaking task in learning cycle 3 is a sentence-building activity; the focus is on pupils manipulating the new -ir verb forms from this lesson, and therefore the sentence endings are provided as phrases, to focus all of the cognitive load on the new forms.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.'Preparamos la comida por la tarde.' How many words in this sentence have penultimate (second-last) syllable stress?
Q2.'Limpiamos la casa después porque está sucia.' How many words in this sentence have final syllable stress?
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
because
why?
that
what?
who?
Q4.Match the Spanish and English.
to discover, discovering
I discover
you discover
she, he, it discovers
they discover
Q5.Match the Spanish and English.
to sell, selling
I sell
you sell
she, he, it sells
we sell
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'we go abroad'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word does not have penultimate syllable stress?
Q2.Which verbs end in -imos in the present tense 'we' form?
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
to hand out, handing out
I hand out
you hand out
she, he, it hands out
we hand out
they hand out
Q4.Order the words to say: 'we decide the music and they decide the songs'.
Q5.Write in English: 'cubrimos el costo'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'we allow the games'.
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