Activities: plural 'hacer' and subject pronouns
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use subject pronouns and plural forms of ‘hacer’ to contrast activities that ‘we’ or ‘they’ do.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Applying the two rules about final syllable stress enables correct use of accents when transcribing.
- Listening to familiar language in new contexts and transcribing it deepens vocabulary knowledge.
- 'Hacer', irregular in its I form ‘hago’, is regular in other forms. We do, make is ‘hacemos’, they do, make is ‘hacen’.
- Spanish subject pronouns add emphasis or clarity, e.g. nosotros hacemos los deberes, mientras que ellas hacen deporte.
- ‘We’ is nosotros for boys/men or mixed gender groups, nosotras for girls/women; ‘they’ also has two forms, ellos, ellas.
Keywords
Final syllable stress - pronouncing the final syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Hacer - Spanish verb meaning 'to do, doing' or to make, making'
Subject pronoun - represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb e.g. 'I', 'we', 'they'
Common misconception
There is just one word for ‘we’ and one word for ‘they’ in Spanish.
Spanish has two words each for ‘we’ and ‘they’. The plural pronoun ‘we’ is ‘nosotros’ for boys/men or mixed gender groups, ‘nosotras’ for girls/women; ‘they’ also has two forms, 'ellos' and 'ellas'.
Teacher tip
There are many ways to make listening less daunting, including: making it a pair activity (listen out for odd and even item numbers, then pair-share answers); encouraging silent rehearsal of the word or sentence heard to keep it longer in mind and allow time to process and understand the message.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the verbs with the most suitable noun.
la canción
el premio
el autobús
contestar la pregunta
al concierto
el café
Q2.Which of these forms of the verb 'intentar' (to try, trying) have final syllable stress (pronounce the last syllable more heavily)?
Q3.Match the Spanish and the English.
I sang
I won
I tried
I had (ate, drank)
I danced
I listened
Q4.Which of these words are Spanish subject pronouns?
Q5.Match the Spanish and English.
to do, to make
I do, I make
you do, you make
she, he does, she, he makes
Q6.In which of these phrases does 'hacer' translate as 'make'?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these forms of the verb 'tomar' have final syllable stress?
Q2.Match the Spanish to the English.
up to, as far as, until
whereas
while
around, through, because of
besides, as well
so, therefore
Q3.Which part of the verb 'hacer' is irregular?
Q4.Match the Spanish and English subject pronouns.
I
you
she
he
we (mpl, mfpl)
they (fpl)
Q5.Put the parts of 'hacer' in this order: I do, you do, she/he does, we do, they do.
Q6.'We (boys) do homework at home whereas they (girls) don't.' Which Spanish sentence matches this English sentence exactly?
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