School events: -ar verbs 1st and 3rd person
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use -ar verbs in the preterite tense to describe a languages festival at school.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Preterite-tense -ar verbs have the ending -amos in the 1st person singular.
- Preterite-tense -ar verbs have the ending -aron in the 3rd person singular.
- The possessive adjective 'nuestro' means 'our' and agrees with the noun in gender and number.
- 'Nuestro' refers to a singular masculine noun and 'nuestra' refers to a singular feminine noun.
- 'Nuestros' refers to a plural masculine noun and 'nuestras' refers to a plural feminine noun.
Keywords
1st person plural - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'we'
3rd person plural - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'they'
Possessive adjective - shows who something belongs to
Common misconception
'Nuestro' does not agree with the noun in gender or number.
'Nuestro' agrees with the noun in both gender and number. 'Nuestro' and 'nuestros' refer to masculine nouns, while 'nuestra' and 'nuestras' refer to feminine nouns.
Teacher tip
Task C2 could be done as a speaking activity in which pupils have to start with the shortest phrase and aim to get to the longest one each time. Alternatively, it could be done as a writing activity, allowing pupils more time to consider their response.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which noun is feminine?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to open, opening
to drink, drinking
to change, changing
to hide, hiding
to study, studying
to sell, selling
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
cost
success
fruit
cat
card
glass
Q4.Order the words to say: 'there are not enough drinks for the students'.
Q5.Write in English: 'imprimes los mensajes'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'I pick up the letters'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the possessive adjectives and nouns.
animal
opinión
tomates
copas
Q2.Order the words to say: 'we changed our plans and our ideas'.
Q3.Write in Spanish: 'they won'.
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'we started'.
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