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- Year 11
- Edexcel
Consejos de vida: singular affirmative commands, role-play (Edexcel)
I can understand and translate regular and irregular verbs in the singular affirmative imperative, and confidently respond to role-play scenarios related to healthy lifestyles.
- Year 11
- Edexcel
Consejos de vida: singular affirmative commands, role-play (Edexcel)
I can understand and translate regular and irregular verbs in the singular affirmative imperative, and confidently respond to role-play scenarios related to healthy lifestyles.
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Key learning points
- Use the affirmative imperative to tell somebody to do something or to give instructions.
- For 'tú' commands, use -a for -ar verbs and -e for -er/-ir verbs in the affirmative imperative: habla, come, escribe.
- Irregular imperative verbs include: 'sé', 've', 'ten', 'ven', 'haz', 'di', 'pon', 'sal'.
- To form the familiar affirmative imperative of reflexive verbs, add the pronoun 'te' along with any necessary accents.
Keywords
Imperative - form of verbs used to give instructions or commands
Common misconception
To give an order or command to 'tú' (you, informal), you should use the 2nd person singular form of the verb.
When talking to somebody familiar to you ('tú') with the affirmative imperative of an -ar verb, use the ending -a, and for an -er or -ir verb, use the ending -e. Irregular imperative verbs include: 'sé', 've', 'ten', 'ven', 'haz', 'di', 'pon', 'sal'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is an adverb?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
atmosphere
border
rain
maths
smile
task
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
to delight, be delightful to
to clean, cleaning
to wash, washing
to rain, raining
to put, putting
to go up, climb
Q4.Order the words to say: 'it is not snowing but there is a lot of snow'.
Q5.Write in Spanish 'this weekend'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'there is a marvellous view'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.You are telling your friend to begin something. Which imperative is correct?
Q2.You are telling your friend to lose something. Which imperative is correct?
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
Say!
Do! Make!
Put!
Have!
Go!
Come!