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Year 11
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Órdenes para el equipo: plural affirmative commands

I can use plural affirmative commands to give instructions to a sports team.

New
New
Year 11
AQA

Órdenes para el equipo: plural affirmative commands

I can use plural affirmative commands to give instructions to a sports team.

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Key learning points

  1. Use the affirmative imperative to tell somebody to do something or to give instructions.
  2. When talking to people familiar to you ('vosotros') with the affirmative imperative of an -ar verb, use the ending -ad.
  3. When talking to people familiar to you ('vosotros') with the affirmative imperative of an -er verb, use the ending -ed.
  4. When talking to people familiar to you ('vosotros') with the affirmative imperative of an -ir verb, use the ending -id.
  5. The final -d of reflexive plural imperative verbs is dropped and -os is added, e.g. '¡callaos!' - 'be quiet!' (you pl).

Keywords

  • Imperative - form of verbs used to give instructions or commands

Common misconception

To form the plural imperative of a reflexive verb, add the pronoun -os to a plural imperative verb.

To form the plural imperative of a reflexive verb, drop the final -d and add the pronoun -os to a plural imperative verb.


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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
¿Cuáles son ciudades?
Asia
Bolivia
Correct answer: Buenos Aires
Correct answer: Medellín
Venezuela
Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:especial,special

special

Correct Answer:importante,important

important

Correct Answer:próximo,next

next

Correct Answer:original,original

original

Correct Answer:pelirrojo,red-haired, ginger

red-haired, ginger

Correct Answer:extraño,strange

strange

Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:conejo (m),rabbit

rabbit

Correct Answer:salario (m),salary, wage

salary, wage

Correct Answer:sentido (m),sense

sense

Correct Answer:pelota (f),ball

ball

Correct Answer:pintor (m),painter

painter

Correct Answer:pintura (f),painting

painting

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'I want to visit the capital'.
1 - tengo
2 - ganas
3 - de
4 - visitar
5 - la
6 - capital
Q5.
Write in English: 'nos gustó la exposición'.
Correct Answer: we liked the exhibition, we liked the display
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'I run with the team'.
Correct Answer: corro con el equipo, yo corro con el equipo

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
Which plural imperative verb is correct?
¡callarse!
¡callados!
Correct answer: ¡callaos!
¡calladse!
¡callase!
Q2.
Which imperatives are singular?
Correct answer: ¡habla!
¡hablad!
Correct answer: ¡levántate!
¡levantaos!
Q3.
You are talking to a group of friends. Write in Spanish: 'share!'.
Correct Answer: compartid
Q4.
You are talking to a group of friends. Write in Spanish: 'relax!'.
Correct Answer: relajaos

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