Everyday life: possessive adjectives, pronouns
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In this unit, pupils expand their knowledge of reflexive pronouns by adding 'se' to 'me' and 'te' which they already know. Pupils refresh their knowledge of reflexive pronouns, and contrast them with possessive adjectives to highlight the difference between the two. Traits are covered with 'ser' and location is covered with 'estar' to reinforce the irregular forms of, and difference in meaning between, these two key verbs. Stress patterns are reinforced in sounds of the language.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know possessive adjectives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu', 'tus', 'su', 'sus'.
- Pupils know reflexive pronouns 'me' and 'te'.
- Pupils know the third person singular and plural of 'estar' in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to conjugate -ar verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know the third person singular and plural of 'ser' in the present tense.
- Pupils know adjectives agree for gender and number.
- Pupils know if stress is on the final syllable and the word ends in a vowel or ‘n’ or ‘s’, then there will be a accent.
- Pupils know if stress is on the penultimate syllable and the word ends in any vowel or ‘n’ or ‘s’, then there will be no accent.
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Why this why now
In this unit, pupils expand their knowledge of reflexive pronouns by adding 'se' to 'me' and 'te' which they already know. Pupils refresh their knowledge of reflexive pronouns, and contrast them with possessive adjectives to highlight the difference between the two. Traits are covered with 'ser' and location is covered with 'estar' to reinforce the irregular forms of, and difference in meaning between, these two key verbs. Stress patterns are reinforced in sounds of the language.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know possessive adjectives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu', 'tus', 'su', 'sus'.
- Pupils know reflexive pronouns 'me' and 'te'.
- Pupils know the third person singular and plural of 'estar' in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to conjugate -ar verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know the third person singular and plural of 'ser' in the present tense.
- Pupils know adjectives agree for gender and number.
- Pupils know if stress is on the final syllable and the word ends in a vowel or ‘n’ or ‘s’, then there will be a accent.
- Pupils know if stress is on the penultimate syllable and the word ends in any vowel or ‘n’ or ‘s’, then there will be no accent.
Everyday life: possessive adjectives, pronouns
This unit revisits possessive adjectives 'mi', 'mis', 'tu', tus' and contrasts them with reflexive pronouns 'me', 'te'. Reflexive pronoun 'se' is taught and contrasted with 'su' and 'sus'. Pupils revisit 'es', 'son', 'está', 'están', present tense -ar verbs, and adjective-noun number agreement.
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