¡Cuida el planeta! Regular affirmative imperative, and 'haz', 'di', 'pon', 'sal'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the affirmative imperative to instruct people how to look after and enjoy the environment.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Use the affirmative imperative to tell somebody to do something or to give instructions.
- When talking to somebody familiar to you ('tú') with the affirmative imperative of an -ar verb, use the ending -a.
- When talking to somebody familiar to you with the affirmative imperative of an -er or -ir verb, use the ending -e.
- The verbs 'hacer', 'decir', 'poner' and 'salir' are irregular in the imperative, becoming 'haz', 'di', 'pon' and 'sal'.
Keywords
Imperative - form of verbs used to give instructions or commands
Common misconception
To tell somebody who is familiar to you to do something, use the 2nd person singular form of the verb.
To tell somebody who is familiar to you to do something, use the affirmative imperative. For -ar verbs this ends in -a, and for -er/-ir verbs this ends in -e.
Teacher tip
Slides 15-16 and Task A1 questions 7-9 contain Higher Tier vocabulary. If extra scaffolding is needed for Task B1, provide students with the infinitive verbs.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is not an adjective?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to drink, drinking
to decide, deciding
to reduce, reducing
to throw, throwing
to go out, going out
to live, living
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
tree
meat
place
landscape
planet
glass
Q4.Order the words to say: 'you must protect the environment and help the Earth'.
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'I never use plastic'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'the countryside is green and clean'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Which singular informal imperative forms are correct?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Say! Tell!
Do! Make!
Put (on)!
Go out! Leave!
Q3.'¡ el plástico!'. Choose the correct missing verb.
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'Reduce the use of water!'.
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'Throw away the rubbish!'.
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