Free time activities: -er and -ir verbs 1st person singular
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the first person singular of -er and -ir verbs to contrast what I and others do.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) [ge] is pronounced as in 'gente', [gi] as in 'imaginar'.
- Some Spanish infinitives end in -er and -ir.
- The verb ending changes depending on who the verb refers to.
- 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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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Q2.Match the English and Spanish.
Q3.Which word is not an adjective?
Q4.Match the Spanish and English.
Q5.Which pronoun is in the first person singular?
Q6.Write the first person present tense singular form of 'hablar'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.How do you say 'animal' in Spanish?
Q2.What do Spanish verb infinitives end in?
Q3.What is the first person singular ending for regular -er/-ir verbs?
Q4.Which first person singular verb forms come from an -er/-ir infinitive?
Q5.In Spanish, do not change for gender.
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