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Free time activities: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular

Learning outcomes

I can use the first person singular of -er and -ir verbs to contrast what I and others do.

I can transcribe and read aloud words with sounds [ge] and [gi].

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Year 7

Free time activities: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular

Learning outcomes

I can use the first person singular of -er and -ir verbs to contrast what I and others do.

I can transcribe and read aloud words with sounds [ge] and [gi].

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Key learning points

  1. The sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) [ge] is pronounced as in 'gente', [gi] as in 'imaginar'.
  2. Some Spanish infinitives end in -er and -ir.
  3. The verb ending changes depending on who the verb refers to.
  4. To mean 'I' with an -er/-ir verb, the ending is -o; this is called the first person singular.

Keywords

  • First person singular - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to yourself (I)

  • -er verb - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -er

  • -ir verb - a verb whose infinitive form ends in -ir

Common misconception

The verb ending -o means 'I' but only if you're a boy or man.

For regular verbs, the 'I' verb form always ends in 'o'. Verb endings match the person, but don't change for gender, so 'hablo' means 'I speak' for everyone. It is adjectives that change ending -o to -a to describe a girl or woman.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:agosto,August

August

Correct Answer:Francia,France

France

Correct Answer:mar,sea

sea

Correct Answer:vacaciones,holidays

holidays

Q2.
Match the English and Spanish.
Correct Answer:to enjoy, enjoying,disfrutar

disfrutar

Correct Answer:July,julio

julio

Correct Answer:mountain,montaña

montaña

Correct Answer:to travel, traveling,viajar

viajar

Q3.
Which word is not an adjective?
alto
Correct answer: campo
junto
solo
Q4.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:buscar,to search, searching

to search, searching

Correct Answer:descansar,to rest, resting

to rest, resting

Correct Answer:llevar,to carry, carrying

to carry, carrying

Correct Answer:trabajar,to work, working

to work, working

Q5.
Which pronoun is in the first person singular?
Correct answer: I
she
we
you
Q6.
Write the first person present tense singular form of 'hablar'.
Correct Answer: hablo, yo hablo

5 Questions

Q1.
How do you say 'animal' in Spanish?
Correct Answer: animal
Q2.
What do Spanish verb infinitives end in?
Correct answer: -ar
Correct answer: -er
Correct answer: -ir
-or
-ur
Q3.
What is the first person singular ending for regular -er/-ir verbs?
-a
-e
-i
Correct answer: -o
-u
Q4.
Which first person singular verb forms come from an -er/-ir infinitive?
habla
Correct answer: bebe
Correct answer: vive
monta
Q5.
In Spanish, do not change for gender.
nouns
Correct answer: verbs
adjectives

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