Las Hogueras de San Juan: acabar de + infinitive, seguir + present participle
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use 'acabar de' + infinitive to say what I have just done and 'seguir' + present participle to say what I am still doing at a festival.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Use 'acabar de' + infinitive to mean 'to have just done' something.
- 'Seguir' + present participle is a two-verb structure meaning ‘to still be doing’ something.
- Present participles in Spanish normally end in -ando or -iendo.
- Las Hogueras de San Juan takes place every year on 23rd June in Alicante; it celebrates the arrival of summer.
Keywords
Infinitive - form of the verb giving its general meaning, with no subject or tense, as it appears in the dictionary
Present participle - present tense verb form; in English this ends in -ing
Acabar de + infinitive - two-verb structure that means 'to have just' + past participle
Seguir + present participle - two-verb structure that means 'to still be' + present participle
Common misconception
A past participle is used after 'acabar de'.
An infinitive is used after 'acabar de'.
Teacher tip
'Acabar de' + infinitive and 'seguir' + present participle are Higher tier grammar features. Teachers may still want to teach these structures to their students for their usefulness, but at Foundation tier students will not be expected to recognise or produce them.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which is a stem-changing verb in the present tense?
Q2.Which verb is a present participle?
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
I gave
you (singular) gave
she, he, it gave
we gave
you (plural) gave
they gave
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I am drinking a rich, sweet drink'.
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'I eat tapas in a café'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'the tourists (m) are having dinner'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.'Las Hogueras de San Juan is a famous festival in the Spanish city of _____. It celebrates the _____ of summer. One of its key features is the burning of _____'. Choose the correct missing words.
Q2.Which phrase means 'I have just drunk'?
Q3.Which phrase means 'I am still dancing'?
Q4.Order the words to say: 'he has just eaten but she is still eating'.
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'they have just returned'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'we are still recording'.
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