Activities in school: -ar singular verbs, plural nouns
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can count to 12 in Spanish and use the plural for nouns for different genders.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The numbers 1-12 in Spanish are: uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce.
- Use masculine plural forms to refer to male only and mixed male and female groups.
- ‘Amigos’ can mean several male friends or several male and female friends.
- Practising and adding to your own 'vocabulario' will help you to make what you write and say more personalised.
Keywords
Vocabulario - means 'vocabulary' - when you say ‘mi vocabulario’, it is your own treasure trove of Spanish words
Common misconception
The feminine plural always refers to girls/women only and the masculine plural, to boys/men only.
The masculine plural is used to refer to groups of women and men too.
Teacher tip
After teaching this lesson, teachers may want to encourage pupils often to add words that are important to them to their vocabulario. The building up of a personal repertoire goes hand in hand with using reference resources to find out the meanings of unknown words.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.How do you say 'I arrive late at music class again.'
Q2.Place these numbers in inverse order.
Q3.Choose the right image for 'camisa'.
Q4.Match the English with the Spanish
Q5.How many of these 4 'w' questions in English (what, when, who, where) is a 'q' question in Spanish?
Q6.You can ask how someone is feeling in Spanish by saying ...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Place these numbers in order.
Q2.Place these numbers in inverse order.
Q3.Match the Spanish with the English.
Q4.What is the right option for 1, 5, 7, 9, 10?
Q5.'Bailo con mi pareja en España' means ...
Q6.Which of these is not essential to check with words for your vocabulary.
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