The past of a Spanish-speaking city: 'era', 'eras'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the verb ‘ser’ in both the present and imperfect tenses to understand a text about a Spanish-speaking city.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The verb 'ser' is used to talk about traits.
- Its simple present forms are: 'soy', 'eres', 'es' and its imperfect tense forms are: 'era', 'eras', 'era'.
- Most Spanish adjectives go after the noun. We use them to describe objective qualities (e.g. traits, origin, colours).
- Prenominal adjectives go before the noun and are used to express subjective opinions or for emphasis.
- Some adjectives can come before or after the noun, but their meaning changes
Keywords
Simple present - describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'
Imperfect tense - tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past
Prenominal adjectives - adjectives that usually appear before the noun they describe to express subjective opinions or for emphasis
Common misconception
In Spanish, all adjectives go after the noun.
Most Spanish adjectives go after the noun; they describe objective qualities (traits, origin, colours,...). However, some adjectives go before the noun; these prenominal adjectives often express subjective opinions or give emphasis.
Teacher tip
The teacher might ask students to research a Spanish-speaking country as a homework assignment.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which noun is not linked to the environment?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to chat, chatting
to produce, producing
to prohibit, prohibiting
to protect, protecting
to solve, solving
to survive, surviving
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
plastic
taste
glass
hit, bang
arrival
situation
Q4.Order the words to say: 'at the moment I am not paying attention'.
Q5.Write in English: 'hay un olor terrible'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'they announce the show'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.'Siempre gano el __________ premio'. Choose the correct adjective.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to be, being
I am
you are
she, he, it is
I, she, he, it was; used to be
you were, used to be
Q3.Choose the meaning of the adjective in each sentence.
Eres una persona única.
Soy la única persona aquí.
Tengo un perro grande.
Eres un gran amigo.
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'she used to be silly'.
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