Latin American women in NASA: -ar, -er, -ir verbs 3rd person plural preterite
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use present and preterite tense verbs to talk about Latin American women in NASA.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- In Spanish, the accent can change the meaning of a verb from the present to the past, e.g. 'hablo', 'habló'.
- In Spanish, verb endings change depending on when the action takes place and who the verb refers to.
- To conjugate -ar verbs for 'they,' remove -ar and add -an for the present tense or -aron for the preterite tense.
- For -er/-ir verbs, for 'they,' remove -er/-ir and add -en for the present tense or -ieron for the preterite tense.
Keywords
Simple present - a tense used to describe habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'
Preterite tense - a tense used for events completed in the past, e.g. 'I did'
Common misconception
All verbs (including -er and -ir) use -an in the present and -aron in the preterite to mean 'they'.
To conjugate -ar verbs for 'they', remove -ar and add -an for the present tense or -aron for the preterite tense. However, to conjugate -er/-ir verbs for 'they', remove -ar and add -en for the present tense or -ieron for the preterite tense.
Teacher tip
The teacher might want students to complete task A2 in pairs, with students taking turns to read a word.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which words are verbs?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to share, sharing
to decide, deciding
to study, studying
to be missing, lacking
to be born
to work, working
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
queue
owner
hunger
thirst
place, position
size
Q4.Order the words to say: 'those souvenirs are not very popular'.
Q5.Write in English: 'el transporte es gratis'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'the window is broken'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which verb ends in -an in the present and -aron in the preterite?
Q2.Order the words to say: 'I design the technology because she designed the robot'.
Q3.Write in Spanish: 'they analyse and they analysed'. Do not include pronouns.
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'they discover and they discovered'. Do not include pronouns.
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