El fútbol: regular and irregular -er / -ir verbs
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can transcribe and conjugate a range of regular and irregular -er /-ir verbs in the context of football.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Some verb forms contain orthographic changes. These are spelling changes made to preserve or aid pronunciation.
- Some -er / -ir verbs with ‘g’ in the stem change to 'j' in the 1st person singular to preserve the soft [g] sound.
- Verbs ending in -uir gain a 'y' in persons 1,2,3 and 6 to aid pronunciation.
Keywords
Orthographic change - spelling change in certain forms of a verb to preserve or aid pronunciation
Common misconception
The 1st person singular form of 'influir' is 'influo'.
The verb 'influir' does not follow the normal pattern of -ir verbs. Verbs ending in -uir gain a 'y' in persons 1,2,3 and 6 to aid pronunciation. As such, the 1st person singular forms of 'influir' is 'influyo'.
Teacher tip
In Learning Cycle 1, slides 9-13 and Task A2 contain Higher Tier vocabulary. In Learning Cycle 2, verbs like 'influir' is a Higher Tier grammatical concept, but reference to these in the explanation and tasks could be easily removed for Foundation Tier students.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'cyberbullying'?
Q2.Match the Spanish to the English.
I take
you take
he, she, it takes
I manage
you manage
he, she, it manages
Q3.Match the Spanish to the English.
to take, take hold of, taking, taking hold of
to communicate, communicating
to comment, commenting
to include, including
to install, installing
to surf, browse, surfing, browsing
Q4.'Muchos usuarios prefieren utilizar los __________.' Which words complete this sentence?
Q5.Order the words to say 'certain disadvantages exist when we communicate on the internet'.
Q6.'Nothing is private on the internet.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which words have a feminine gender ('la' or 'una')?
Q2.'Yo __________ la opinión de mis amigos.' Which word completes this sentence?
Q3.Match the Spanish to the English.
to be missing, lacking
to substitute, substituting
to change, changing
to sell, selling
to live, living
to protect, protecting
Q4.Order the words to say 'the screen of your laptop is enormous'.
Q5.Order the words to say 'the data on my device is private'.
Q6.'The internet helps the economy.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.
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