Past routines: -er and -ir verbs imperfect tense
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use modal and imperfect tense verbs to describe my own and other people's past routines.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The -y at the end of an English word often changes to -ía or -ia in Spanish. e.g. energy - energía.
- Words ending in -ía stress the final syllable and need an accent to show that, e.g. energía.
- Words ending in -ia stress the penultimate syllable and need no accent, e.g. ciencia.
- The verbs 'querer', 'poder' and 'deber' are modal verbs and are often followed by an infinitive.
- To talk about something that used to happen repeatedly in the past, we use the imperfect tense.
Keywords
Final syllable stress - pronouncing the last syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Penultimate syllable stress - pronouncing the second-to-last syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Modal verb - verb of necessity or possibility used with a 2nd verb in infinitive e.g. must, can, want
Imperfect tense - tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past
Common misconception
All words ending in -ia must have an accent.
Words ending in a vowel usually stress the penultimate syllable. Words ending in -ía have stress on the final syllable, so they need an accent e.g., energía. Words ending in -ia stress the penultimate syllable, so no accent is needed e.g. ciencia.
Teacher tip
For activity A1, the teacher may prefer to have students compete against each other rather than against the teacher.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'doubt'?
Q2.Match the Spanish to the English.
to assist, assisting, to attend, attending
to fulfill, fulfilling
to recognise, recognising
to feel, feeling
to be, being (temporary states)
to appear, appearing
Q3.Order the words to say 'the enormous chair was behind the table'.
Q4.Order the words to say 'the flat was close to a hill but far from a road'.
Q5.'Yo corría al parque.' Translate this sentence into English.
Q6.'I wanted to play every day.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'hope'?
Q2.Match the Spanish to the English.
scared
satisfied
proud
alive
current
happy
Q3.Match the Spanish to the English.
to consist, consisting
to exist, existing
to occur, occurring
to travel around, travelling around
to gather together, gathering together
to serve, serving
Q4.Order the words to say 'my grandfather used to tell me very exciting stories'.
Q5.Order the words to say 'my neighbour often used to bring me food'.
Q6.'My grandmother used to make sandwiches.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.
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