Where people go and went: simple present and preterite
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use present and past tense verbs to talk about where people go and went.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Many English adverbs ending in -ly become -mente in Spanish, e.g. 'especial' - 'especialmente'.
- If an adjective has -o/-a forms, use the -a form + -mente to make the adverb, e.g. 'lento' - 'lenta' - 'lentamente'.
- Words ending in -n or -s generally stress the penultimate syllable and do not need an accent, e.g. 'examen'.
- Adding the plural ending -es shifts stress to the antepenultimate syllable, so an accent is needed, e.g. 'exámenes'.
- 'Voy', 'vas', 'va' are the simple present forms of the verb 'ir', and 'fui', 'fuiste', 'fue' are the preterite forms.
Keywords
Penultimate syllable stress - pronouncing the second-last syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Antepenultimate stress - pronouncing the third-last syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Simple present - describes habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'
Preterite - a tense used for events completed in the past, e.g. 'I did'
Common misconception
All Spanish adverbs are made by simply adding -mente to any adjective form.
When an adjective has masculine -o and feminine -a forms, you must use the -a form before adding -mente, e.g. 'rápido' - 'rápida' - 'rápidamente'.
Teacher tip
To avoid printing for task A2, project the word list and have students race to write the correct Spanish words in their books instead - the first to finish correctly wins the point.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is not a compass direction?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to lower, lowering
to buy, buying
to discover, discovering
to write, writing
to visit, visiting
to travel, travelling
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
plane
border
church
walk
society
shop
Q4.Order the words to say: 'the girlfriend does not talk to her boyfriend'.
Q5.Write in English: 'me gusta ir a Italia'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'sometimes he goes to France'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'necessarily'?
Q2.Which words need an accent?
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
I go, I am going
you go, you are going
she, he, it goes; she, he it is going
I went
you went
she, he, it went
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'I went to the countryside'.
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