Escritor famoso - Arturo Pérez Reverte: 'ver' imperfect, imperfect and preterite
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand a range of past-tense language in the context of the work of Arturo Pérez Reverte.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Like ‘ir’, ‘ver’ is irregular in the imperfect tense.
- ‘veía’, ‘veías’ and ‘veía’ are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular forms of ‘ver’ in the imperfect tense.
- The imperfect tense is used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly in the past.
- The imperfect endings of regular -er and -ir verbs are -ía, -ías, -íamos, -íais and -ían.
- The preterite tense is used to talk about something completed in the past.
Keywords
Imperfect - verb tense used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly
Preterite - verb tense used to talk about something completed in the past
Common misconception
The correct Spanish translation of 'I am hungry' is 'estoy hambre'.
The correct translation of 'I am hungry' is 'tengo hambre'. Sometimes Spanish uses ‘tengo’ + noun where the English would be ‘I am’ + adjective. Other examples of this structure are ‘tengo frío’ (I am cold) and ‘tengo miedo’ (I am scared).
Teacher tip
Learning Cycle 2 contains only Higher Tier vocabulary. Starter and Exit Quiz Qs 2 are aimed at Higher Tier students.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
to save, saving
to be difficult
to get married
war
road
hunger
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
poverty
blood
stone
gold
to be worth
‘but’ (after a negative clause)
Q3.Which set of singular verb endings applies to regular -ar verbs in the imperfect tense?
Q4.Select the possible translations of ‘comía’.
Q5.Which verbs are in the imperfect tense?
Q6.'jugué', 'comí' and 'salí’ are examples of which verb tense?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
follower
to have a good time
extraordinary
army
victim
similar
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to commit, committing
to fear, fearing
hair
newspaper
soldier
smoke
Q3.Complete the sentence: No desayuné hoy, por eso __________ mucha hambre.
Q4.Which verbs are irregular in the imperfect tense?
Q5.How do you spell ‘I used to see’ in Spanish’?
Q6.Which verb tenses are present in this sentence? Veía muchas situaciones peligrosas y un día decidí ayudar.
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