The environment: -er and -ir verbs 3rd person (preterite)
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use -er and -ir verbs in the preterite tense to describe how people protect the planet.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Preterite-tense -er and -ir verbs have the ending -ió in the 3rd person singular.
- Preterite-tense -er and -ir verbs have the ending -ieron in the 3rd person plural.
- 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 'nuestra' refers to a plural feminine noun.
Keywords
3rd person singular - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'she, he, it'
3rd person plural - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'they'
Possessive adjective - shows who something belongs to
Common misconception
Like 'mi' and 'tu', 'nuestro' does not agree with the noun in gender.
Unlike 'mi' and 'tu', 'nuestro' agrees with the noun in gender. 'Nuestro' and 'nuestros' refer to masculine nouns, while 'nuestra' and 'nuestras' refer to feminine nouns.
Teacher tip
For additional challenge in task C2, pupils could write their own sentences using 'nuestro' and an -er or -ir verb in the 3rd person in the preterite tense.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'against'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
adventure
challenge
human
fire
energy
help
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
to accept, accepting
to dedicate, dedicating
to describe, describing
to offer, offering
to share, sharing
to hand out, handing out
Q4.Order the words to say: 'several people want to talk about the problems'.
Q5.Write in English: 'hay unos ríos sucios'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'I have a small house'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the possessive adjectives and nouns.
consumo
basura
recursos
clases
Q2.Order the words to say: 'she protected the planet and they protected the mountain'.
Q3.Write in Spanish: 'he banned the cars'.
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'they promoted the forest'.
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