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- Year 11
- AQA
Entre amigos: present and imperfect continuous, extended writing (AQA)
I can complete exam-style writing tasks on the topics of friends, family and festivals.
- Year 11
- AQA
Entre amigos: present and imperfect continuous, extended writing (AQA)
I can complete exam-style writing tasks on the topics of friends, family and festivals.
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Key learning points
- To form the present continuous, use the present tense of 'estar' followed by the present participle.
- To form the imperfect continuous, use the imperfect tense of 'estar' followed by the present participle.
- To form the present participle of -ar and -er/ir verbs, remove the infinitive ending and add -ando or -iendo.
- Some verbs have spelling changes in the present participle e.g. 'construyendo', 'leyendo', 'pidiendo'.
- The BORDER acronym is a useful tool to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts.
Keywords
Present continuous - verb tense used to describe actions happening right now, e.g. 'I am doing'
Imperfect continuous - verb tense used to describe ongoing actions in the past, e.g. 'I was doing'
BORDER - acronym used to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts
Common misconception
The present participle of 'leer' is 'leiendo'.
As the stem of 'leer' ends in a vowel, it has a spelling change in the present participle, forming 'leyendo'. This is the same with other verbs with a stem ending in a vowel e.g. 'constuyendo' from the verb 'construir'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'crime'?
Q2.'Ella __________ el Día de los Muertos cada año.' Which word completes this sentence?
Q3.Match the Spanish to the English.
to investigate, investigating
to happen, happening, to occur, occurring
to gather, to bring together, gathering, bringing together
to feel, feeling
to lose, losing
to repeat, repeating
Q4.Order the words to say 'my family live in the outskirts of Madrid'.
Q5.Order the words to say 'your father committed a crime when he was younger'.
Q6.'Where do you (2nd person singular) spend Christmas?' Translate this sentence into Spanish.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is a preposition?
Q2.Match the Spanish to the English.
to agree on, to remember, agreeing on, remembering
to be, to turn out, being, turning out
to rob, to steal, robbing, stealing
to throw, to cast, throwing, casting
to enter, entering
to die, dying