News and media: -er verbs in 1st person plural
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use -er verbs in 1st person singular (I) and 1st person plural (we) to understand and talk about activities a journalist does.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- If the stress is on the final syllable of a Spanish word ending in 'n' or 's', there is an accent on the last vowel.
- Words ending in others consonants have final syllable stress and no accent, e.g. 'beber'.
- Using the surrounding words in a sentence helps to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
- The 1st person plural (we) ending for present tense -er verbs is -emos. The 1st person singular (I) ending is -o.
Keywords
Final syllable stress - pronouncing the final syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
-er verb - verb whose infinitive form ends in -er
1st person plural - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'we'
Common misconception
To say what 'we do' instead of what 'I do' in Spanish, you just change the pronoun from 'I' to 'we' and keep the verb the same.
In Spanish it's the verb ending and not the pronoun that changes the subject of the verb, so you need to pay close attention to the verb form to know who is doing the action of the verb, e.g. 'I sell' - 'vendo', 'we sell' - 'vendemos'.
Teacher tip
The final writing activity could be followed up by an oral simultaneous translation task, where students say a sentence and their partner translates it. Some may find this challenging to do on the spot, so this speaking activity could be done by some students, while other students continue writing.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
call
computer
wall
summer
free
black
Q2.Which verbs could appear before 'un correo electrónico'?
Q3.Who takes advantage of something the least, and who takes advantage of something the most? Order the sentences from least to most.
Q4.Match the Spanish and English.
to help, helping
I help
you help
she, he, it helps
we help
they help
Q5.Write in English: 'Respondes a todo'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'I write a message'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which words are missing an accent?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
interview
(piece of) news
page
journalist
reality
society
Q3.Which -er verb does not have an irregular 1st person singular form?
Q4.Order the words to say: 'We sell newspapers and I sell magazines'.
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'We understand everything'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'I hide the message'.
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