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El fútbol: regular and irregular -er / -ir verbs

I can transcribe and conjugate a range of regular and irregular -er /-ir verbs in the context of football.

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Year 11
Edexcel

El fútbol: regular and irregular -er / -ir verbs

I can transcribe and conjugate a range of regular and irregular -er /-ir verbs in the context of football.

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Key learning points

  1. Some verb forms contain orthographic changes. These are spelling changes made to preserve or aid pronunciation.
  2. Some -er / -ir verbs with ‘g’ in the stem change to 'j' in the 1st person singular to preserve the soft [g] sound.
  3. 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'.


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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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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word means 'cyberbullying'?
confianza
Correct answer: ciberacoso
dato
inteligencia
fuente
Q2.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Correct Answer:cojo,I take

I take

Correct Answer:coges,you take

you take

Correct Answer:coge,he, she, it takes

he, she, it takes

Correct Answer:dirijo,I manage

I manage

Correct Answer:diriges,you manage

you manage

Correct Answer:dirige,he, she, it manages

he, she, it manages

Q3.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Correct Answer:coger,to take, take hold of, taking, taking hold of

to take, take hold of, taking, taking hold of

Correct Answer:comunicar,to communicate, communicating

to communicate, communicating

Correct Answer:comentar,to comment, commenting

to comment, commenting

Correct Answer:incluir,to include, including

to include, including

Correct Answer:instalar,to install, installing

to install, installing

Correct Answer:navegar,to surf, browse, surfing, browsing

to surf, browse, surfing, browsing

Q4.
'Muchos usuarios prefieren utilizar los __________.' Which words complete this sentence?
obras
Correct answer: emoticones
portátil
Correct answer: aplicaciones
dispositivo
Q5.
Order the words to say 'certain disadvantages exist when we communicate on the internet'.
1 - existen
2 - ciertas
3 - desventajas
4 - cuando
5 - comunicamos
6 - en
7 - internet
Q6.
'Nothing is private on the internet.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.
Correct Answer: Nada es privado en internet

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which words have a feminine gender ('la' or 'una')?
Correct answer: expresión
fútbol
acuerdo
Correct answer: tendencia
aparato
Q2.
'Yo __________ la opinión de mis amigos.' Which word completes this sentence?
influo
influís
Correct answer: influyo
influyes
influye
Q3.
Match the Spanish to the English.
Correct Answer:faltar,to be missing, lacking

to be missing, lacking

Correct Answer:sustituir,to substitute, substituting

to substitute, substituting

Correct Answer:cambiar,to change, changing

to change, changing

Correct Answer:vender,to sell, selling

to sell, selling

Correct Answer:vivir,to live, living

to live, living

Correct Answer:proteger,to protect, protecting

to protect, protecting

Q4.
Order the words to say 'the screen of your laptop is enormous'.
1 - la
2 - pantalla
3 - de
4 - tu
5 - portátil
6 - es
7 - enorme
Q5.
Order the words to say 'the data on my device is private'.
1 - el
2 - dato
3 - en
4 - mi
5 - dispositivo
6 - es
7 - privado
Q6.
'The internet helps the economy.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.
Correct Answer: El internet ayuda la economía

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