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- Year 11
- AQA
El mundo ha cambiado: perfect tense, picture task (AQA)
I can use the perfect tense and confidently describe photos in Spanish.
- Year 11
- AQA
El mundo ha cambiado: perfect tense, picture task (AQA)
I can use the perfect tense and confidently describe photos in Spanish.
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Key learning points
- To conjugate singular forms of the perfect tense, use 'he', 'has' or 'ha' (from 'haber') + past participle.
- To form the past participle of regular -ar verbs, remove the -ar and add -ado.
- To form the past participle of regular -er/ir verbs, remove the -er/ir and add -ido.
- Common irregular past participles include: hecho, visto, escrito, puesto, muerto, vuelto, cubierto, dicho, roto.
- Use the PALM acronym to structure photo descriptions.
Keywords
Perfect tense - verb tense used to express what has happened, e.g. 'I have listened', 'you have bought'
Past participle - form of a verb used to form the perfect tense, e.g. 'listened', 'bought'
PALM - acronym for photo description (people and objects, action, location, mood)
Common misconception
In Spanish, the auxiliary verb 'he' sounds like the English 'he'.
In Spanish, the auxiliary verb 'he' sounds different to the English 'he'. It has a silent 'h' and the 'e' is pronounced as in 'elefante'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'facility'?
Q2.Match the Spanish to the English.
to accept, accepting
to save, saving
to turn off, to extinguish, turning off, extinguishing
to support, supporting
to increase, increasing
to help, helping
Q3.'Anoche, se cortó la luz.' Which is the correct translation of this sentence?
Q4.Order the words to say 'many bird species face danger but we can protect them'.
Q5.Order the words to say 'we must fight the problem of climate change together'.
Q6.Order the words to say 'the level of violence in the neighbourhood has risen'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'strike'?
Q2.Match the Spanish to the English.
aware, conscious
effective
equal
international
rich
poor
Q3.Match the Spanish to the English.
to suffer, suffering
to burn, burning
to exist, existing
to introduce, introducing
to fight, fighting
to recycle, recycling