Conflictos: imperfect 'ir', 'ver', 'ser', reflexive pronouns 'me', 'te' and 'se'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
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.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Víctor Jara was a Chilean songwriter victim of Pinochet's regime due to his political activism and support of democracy.
- The imperfect tense is used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly.
- The verbs 'ir' ('to go, going'), 'ser' ('to be, being') and 'ver' ('to see, seeing') are irregular in the imperfect.
- In the imperfect tense, -ar verbs have different endings to -er and -ir verbs.
- 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.
Teacher tip
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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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Write 'therefore' in Spanish.
Q2.Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
damage
building
age
suit
password
design
Q4.Order the words to say: 'the hotel is old but I like staying here'.
Q5.Write in English: 'el teléfono estaba ocupado'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'the table was heavy'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Víctor Jara was .
Q2.What does 'vale' mean in Spanish?
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
I, she, he, it used to go
you used to go
I, she, he, it used to be
you used to be
I, she, he, it used to see
you used to see
Q4.Which sentences are correct?
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'she used to sing and he used to write'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'you used to want to complain'.
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