Excursions and trips: 'fui', 'fuiste' and 'fue'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the singular forms of ‘ir’ in the preterite tense to describe where I and others went.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- If a Spanish word has final syllable stress, and ends in a vowel or -n/-s, there will be an accent on the last vowel.
- The verb 'ir' is irregular and means 'to go'. 'I go' is 'voy', 'you go' is 'vas' and 'she, he, it goes' is 'va'.
- In the preterite tense the singular forms of 'ir' are: 'fui' (I went), 'fuiste' (you went) and 'fue' (she, he, it went).
- 'To' is 'a' in Spanish; before a feminine noun 'to the' is 'a la', before a masculine noun it is 'al'.
- To create some Spanish adverbs from adjectives you take the feminine form (ending in -a) and add -mente on the end.
Keywords
Ir - Spanish verb meaning 'to go, going'
Preterite - tense used for events completed in the past
Fui - ‘I went’, preterite tense of 'ir' in the 1st person singular
Fuiste - ‘you went’, preterite tense of 'ir' in the 2nd person singular
Fue - ‘she, he, it went', preterite tense of 'ir' in the 3rd person singular
Common misconception
I know 'ir' in the present tense, so it will be easy to remember it in the preterite tense.
'Ir' is an irregular verb in both the present and the preterite tense. This verb is very common and therefore needs to be learnt off by heart.
Teacher tip
Given that 'ir' is such an important verb and is so irregular in the present and the preterite, songs or chants can be useful to help students remember the different forms. 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep' works very well for 'voy, vas, va', or students could invent their own.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'OK'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to make happy
to enter, entering
to go, going
to bother, to annoy
to worry, worrying
to lend, lending
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
difficult
excited
ill, sick
angry
easy
worse
Q4.Order the words to say: 'he likes the atmosphere and you love the music'.
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'los perros están cansados'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'the book interests me'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which words need an accent?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
I go
you go
she, he, it goes
I went
you went
she, he, it went
Q3.Order the words to say: 'I run to the beach and you run to the stadium'.
Q4.Write the Spanish adverb 'completely'.
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