New
New
Year 9

Latin American women in NASA: -ar, -er, -ir verbs 3rd person plural preterite

I can use present and preterite tense verbs to talk about Latin American women in NASA.

New
New
Year 9

Latin American women in NASA: -ar, -er, -ir verbs 3rd person plural preterite

I can use present and preterite tense verbs to talk about Latin American women in NASA.

These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.

These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.

Lesson details

Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons

Key learning points

  1. In Spanish, the accent can change the meaning of a verb from the present to the past, e.g. 'hablo', 'habló'.
  2. In Spanish, verb endings change depending on when the action takes place and who the verb refers to.
  3. To conjugate -ar verbs for 'they,' remove -ar and add -an for the present tense or -aron for the preterite tense.
  4. 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.


To help you plan your year 9 Spanish lesson on: Latin American women in NASA: -ar, -er, -ir verbs 3rd person plural preterite, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

The teacher might want students to complete task A2 in pairs, with students taking turns to read a word.
Teacher tip

Equipment

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

Loading...

Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.

Prior knowledge starter quiz

Download quiz pdf

6 Questions

Q1.
Which words are verbs?

Correct answer: era
Correct answer: eras
esa
esas
ese

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.

Correct Answer:compartir,to share, sharing

to share, sharing

Correct Answer:decidir,to decide, deciding

to decide, deciding

Correct Answer:estudiar,to study, studying

to study, studying

Correct Answer:faltar,to be missing, lacking

to be missing, lacking

Correct Answer:nacer,to be born

to be born

Correct Answer:trabajar,to work, working

to work, working

Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.

Correct Answer:cola (f),queue

queue

Correct Answer:dueño (m),owner

owner

Correct Answer:hambre (m),hunger

hunger

Correct Answer:sed (f),thirst

thirst

Correct Answer:sitio (m),place, position

place, position

Correct Answer:talla (f),size

size

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'those souvenirs are not very popular'.

1 - esos
2 - recuerdos
3 - no
4 - son
5 - muy
6 - populares

Q5.
Write in English: 'el transporte es gratis'.

Correct Answer: the transport is free, the transportation is free

Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'the window is broken'.

Correct Answer: la ventana está rota

Assessment exit quiz

Download quiz pdf

4 Questions

Q1.
Which verb ends in -an in the present and -aron in the preterite?

conseguir
Correct answer: controlar
correr

Q2.
Order the words to say: 'I design the technology because she designed the robot'.

1 - diseño
2 - la
3 - tecnología
4 - porque
5 - diseñó
6 - el
7 - robot

Q3.
Write in Spanish: 'they analyse and they analysed'. Do not include pronouns.

Correct Answer: analizan y analizaron

Q4.
Write in Spanish: 'they discover and they discovered'. Do not include pronouns.

Correct Answer: descubren y descubrieron

Additional material

Download additional material