Planeta tierra solo hay uno: regular and irregular imperatives
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use imperative verbs and describe photos within the context of 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.
- Regular -ar and -er/-ir imperative verbs end in -a or -e respectively.
- 'Hacer', 'decir', 'poner', 'salir', 'ser', 'ir', 'tener' and 'venir' are irregular in the affirmative imperative.
- The PALM acronym is a useful tool to include a range of information when describing photos.
- When describing photos in Spanish, it is important to plan extended sentences to talk for a prolonged period of time.
Keywords
Imperative - form of verbs used to give instructions or commands
PALM - acronym for photo description
Verb - word communicating actions or states
Common misconception
When completing a photo description in Spanish, I should stick to short, simple sentences.
When describing photos in Spanish, it is important to plan extended sentences to talk for a prolonged period of time.
Teacher tip
Learning Cycle 1 contains Higher Tier vocabulary. To increase the challenge of Task B, you could remove the existing answers and encourage students to improvise their own.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'factory'?
Q2.Match the Spanish to the English.
to contaminate, contaminating
to emit, emitting
to damage, damaging, to harm harming
to contribute, contributing
to obtain, obtaining
to reduce, reducing
Q3.Which phrase means 'it seems to me that ... '?
Q4.Order the words to say 'factories damage the atmosphere and contaminate it'.
Q5.'¿Cómo reciclo la basura?' Translate this sentence into English.
Q6.'Listen to the podcast on the app'. Translate this sentence into Spanish.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'environment'?
Q2.Translate into Spanish 'when do I visit the factory?'.
Q3.Order the words to say 'pick up the rubbish in your bedroom'.
Q4.'Creo que la chica está feliz porque .' Complete this sentence.
Q5.'Pienso que están en una escuela'. Translate this sentence into English.
Q6.'I think she is in the countryside'. Translate this sentence into Spanish.
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