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Conflictos: imperfect 'ir', 'ver', 'ser', reflexive pronouns 'me', 'te' and 'se'

I can use regular and irregular verbs together with reflexive pronouns in order to understand what life was life for different people during a conflict.

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Year 10
AQA

Conflictos: imperfect 'ir', 'ver', 'ser', reflexive pronouns 'me', 'te' and 'se'

I can use regular and irregular verbs together with reflexive pronouns in order to understand what life was life for different people during a conflict.

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Key learning points

  1. Víctor Jara was a Chilean songwriter victim of Pinochet's regime due to his political activism and support of democracy.
  2. The imperfect tense is used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly.
  3. The verbs 'ir' ('to go, going'), 'ser' ('to be, being') and 'ver' ('to see, seeing') are irregular in the imperfect.
  4. In the imperfect tense, -ar verbs have different endings to -er and -ir verbs.
  5. In two-verb modal structures, reflexive pronouns can go before the first verb or after the infinitive, attached to it.

Keywords

  • Imperfect - verb tense used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly

  • Era - 1st and 3rd person singular of the irregular verb 'ser' in the imperfect tense

  • Iba - 1st and 3rd person singular of the irregular verb 'ir' in the imperfect tense

  • Veía - 1st and 3rd person singular of the irregular verb 'ver' in the imperfect tense

  • Reflexive pronoun - used to indicate doing something to yourself, words like 'myself', 'yourself', 'herself' and 'himself'.

Common misconception

Reflexive pronouns always come before the conjugated verb.

Reflexive pronouns can go in two plaes: before the conjugated verb or or after the infinitive, attached to it, with 2-verb modal structures.


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Teachers can explore the 2019 version of Víctor Jara's 'Derecho de Vivir en Paz' in the lesson by discussing and adapting the lyrics. In this version, various Chilean artists sing the song to raise awareness of recent political tensions in Chile and other Latin American countries.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Write 'therefore' in Spanish.
Correct Answer: por lo tanto
Q2.
Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
1 - cero
2 - ciento
3 - quinientos
4 - setecientos
5 - novecientos
6 - mil
Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:daño (m),damage

damage

Correct Answer:edificio (m),building

building

Correct Answer:edad (f),age

age

Correct Answer:traje (m),suit

suit

Correct Answer:contraseña (f),password

password

Correct Answer:diseño (m),design

design

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'the hotel is old but I like staying here'.
1 - el hotel
2 - es
3 - antiguo
4 - pero
5 - me gusta
6 - alojarme
7 - aquí
Q5.
Write in English: 'el teléfono estaba ocupado'.
Correct Answer: The phone was busy., The telephone was busy.
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'the table was heavy'.
Correct Answer: La mesa era pesada.

6 Questions

Q1.
Víctor Jara was .
Argentinian
Correct answer: Chilean
a dictator
Correct answer: a singer
an army general
Q2.
What does 'vale' mean in Spanish?
yes
no
maybe
Correct answer: OK
so
Q3.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:iba,I, she, he, it used to go

I, she, he, it used to go

Correct Answer:ibas,you used to go

you used to go

Correct Answer:era,I, she, he, it used to be

I, she, he, it used to be

Correct Answer:eras,you used to be

you used to be

Correct Answer:veía,I, she, he, it used to see

I, she, he, it used to see

Correct Answer:veías,you used to see

you used to see

Q4.
Which sentences are correct?
Correct answer: Me podía comunicar.
Comunicar me podía.
Me comunicar podía.
Correct answer: Podía comunicarme.
Podíame comunicar.
Q5.
Write in Spanish: 'she used to sing and he used to write'.
Correct Answer: Cantaba y escribía., Ella cantaba y él escribía.
Q6.
Write in Spanish: 'you used to want to complain'.
Correct Answer: Te quiería quejar., Quería quejarse., Tú te quiería quejar., Tú quería quejarse.

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