When and where people go: 'ir' 1st person plural
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use 'ir' in the present tense to understand and talk about when and where we go and another person goes.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- 'Ir' is a high frequency irregular verb; it is important to learn and remember its singular forms: voy, vas, va.
- 'Vamos' is the 1st person plural form of 'ir' and means 'we go'.
- To say 'to the' in Spanish, we use 'a la' before feminine nouns, and the contraction 'al' for masculine nouns.
Keywords
[r] - pronounced as in 'pero'
[rr] - pronounced as in 'perro'
Vamos - means 'we go'
Al - contraction of 'a + el', means 'to the' and is used for masculine nouns
Common misconception
To say where someone goes, only 'a la/al' goes before the place.
If the place is a city or a country, 'a' goes before the place.
Teacher tip
Students may like to expand their own vocabulary by thinking about places they like to go or places where they have been, and looking these up in Spanish.
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.Which adjective can be both masculine and feminine?
Q3.Match the adjectives with their translations.
Q4.Write 'boring (m)' in Spanish.
Q5.Order the words to say: 'Today everything is dark like the night.'
Q6.Place the verbs in this order: to go, I go, you go, she/he/it goes.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'why'?
Q2.'Voy', 'vas' and 'vamos' are all forms of the irregular verb ...
Q3.Match the sentence halves.
Q4.Translate into English: 'Vamos al parque'.
Q5.Translate into English: 'Voy a la estación'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'You go to school'.
To help you plan your 7 Spanish lesson on: When and where people go: 'ir' 1st person plural, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 7 Spanish lesson on: When and where people go: 'ir' 1st person plural, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 3 Spanish lessons from the Places and plans: 'ir' for present and future plans unit, dive into the full secondary Spanish curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.