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Migration: -er, -ir, -ar verbs 1st person plural

I can understand and describe past experiences of migration using -ar, -er and -ir verbs in the preterite tense.

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Migration: -er, -ir, -ar verbs 1st person plural

I can understand and describe past experiences of migration using -ar, -er and -ir verbs in the preterite tense.

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Key learning points

  1. For regular -er and -ir verbs, the verb ending -imos refers to 'we' in the preterite tense.
  2. For regular -ar verbs, the verb ending -amos refers to 'we' in the preterite tense.
  3. The verb ‘huir’ has a stem change (i → y) in the present tense for 'I', you', 'he', 'she' and 'they'.

Keywords

  • Preterite - tense used for completed events in the past

  • 1st person plural - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'we'

Common misconception

'Huir' works in exactly the same way as all regular -ir verbs, e.g. escribir.

The verb 'huir' has a spelling change (i → y) in the present tense in the 1st person singular, 2nd person singular, 3rd person singular, and 3rd person plural forms: huyo, huyes, huye, huyen; this makes the vowel pronunciation easier - huyo not huio.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word means 'hope'?

duda
Correct answer: esperanza
marido
mujer
ambos

Q2.
'Escribimos historias sobre nuestro __________.' Which words complete this sentence?

vida
experiencia
Correct answer: viaje
raíz
Correct answer: peligro

Q3.
Match the Spanish to the English.

Correct Answer:gastar,to spend, spending

to spend, spending

Correct Answer:mandar,to send, sending

to send, sending

Correct Answer:asistir,to attend, attending, assist, assisting

to attend, attending, assist, assisting

Correct Answer:cumplir,to achieve, to fufill, achieving, fufilling

to achieve, to fufill, achieving, fufilling

Correct Answer:nacer,to be born, being born

to be born, being born

Correct Answer:oír,to hear, hearing

to hear, hearing

Q4.
Order the words to say 'last month, the man fled from his country'.

1 - el
2 - mes
3 - pasado
4 - el hombre
5 - huyó
6 - de
7 - su país

Q5.
Order the words to say 'every day we communicate with our family'.

1 - todos
2 - los
3 - dias
4 - comunicamos
5 - con
6 - nuestra
7 - familia

Q6.
Order the words to say 'each year we receive money from our parents'.

1 - cada
2 - año
3 - recibimos
4 - dinero
5 - de
6 - nuestros
7 - padres

Assessment exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word means 'foreigner'?

población
Correct answer: extranjero
relación
dinero
país

Q2.
Which words are present-tense time markers?

Correct answer: ahora
ayer
Correct answer: siempre
anoche
Correct answer: hoy en día

Q3.
Match the Spanish to the English.

Correct Answer:reconocer,to recognise, recognising

to recognise, recognising

Correct Answer:sentir,to feel, feeling

to feel, feeling

Correct Answer:huir,to flee, fleeing

to flee, fleeing

Correct Answer:decir,to say, saying

to say, saying

Correct Answer:tener,to have, having

to have, having

Correct Answer:subir,to climb, to go up, climbing, going up

to climb, to go up, climbing, going up

Q4.
Order the words to say 'we suffered when we had to leave our city'.

1 - sufrimos
2 - cuando
3 - tuvimos
4 - que
5 - dejar
6 - nuestra
7 - ciudad

Q5.
'Asistimos a la misma escuela.' Translate this sentence into English.

Correct Answer: We attended the same school

Q6.
'I am fleeing from danger.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.

Correct Answer: Huyo del peligro, Yo huyo del peligro

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