Rigoberta Menchú: -ar verbs 1st and 2nd person singular (preterite)
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use -ar verbs in the preterite tense to ask and answer questions about other people's past experiences.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Word mastery includes recognising, understanding, and using a word in different contexts.
- The preterite tense is used to talk about events completed in the past.
- For -ar verbs, to say 'I', remove the -ar and -é. For 'you' add -aste, and for 'she, he, it' add -ó.
- Spanish doesn’t have a word for 'do' or 'did' in questions. When asking questions, only the main verb is used.
Keywords
Preterite tense - a tense used for events completed in the past
Common misconception
We have to use a word like 'did' in Spanish questions.
In Spanish, you don't need a word like do or did to ask questions. The verb ending itself shows the tense and subject, e.g. '¿Trabajaste en el campo?' - 'Did you work in the countryside?'.
Teacher tip
The teacher could use the interrogative explanation slides as a rapid-response activity with mini whiteboards. Optimally, pupils will have the worksheet to complete the final speaking activity so that they can sit back to back to create an 'information gap'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word or phrase means 'about'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to believe, believing
to direct, directing
to escape, escaping
to read, reading
to publish, publishing
to visit, visiting
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
art
encouragement
school
letter
option
dream
Q4.Order the words to say: 'my friend always makes me laugh'.
Q5.Write in English: 'la actriz tiene apoyo'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'I have a lot of money'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.'Debe traducir las __________ rusas'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to take, taking
I took
you took
she, he, it took
Q3.Write in English: '¿Trabajaste en una escuela?'.
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'Did she listen?'.
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