Dos directores de cine: perfect tense
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe the works and achievements of two film directors using the perfect tense in Spanish.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The perfect tense is used to express what has happened.
- To form conjugations of the perfect tense in Spanish, use the verb 'haber' + past participle.
- To form the past participle of regular -ar verbs, remove the -ar and add -ado, and for -er/-ir verbs add -ido.
- Common irregular past participles include 'dicho', 'muerto', 'roto', 'vuelto', 'cubierto' and 'descubierto'.
Keywords
Perfect tense - tense used to express what has happened, e.g. 'I have listened', 'I have bought'
Past participle - form of a verb used to form the perfect tense, e.g. 'listened', 'bought'
Common misconception
All participles in Spanish end in -ado or -ido.
Regular verbs do follow this pattern, but irregular ones do not. Some irregular verbs are: 'decir' - 'dicho', 'morir' - 'muerto', 'romper' - 'roto', 'volver' - 'vuelto', 'descubrir' - 'descubierto', 'cubrir' - 'cubierto'.
Teacher tip
The teacher might want to show students the trailer for 'Te doy mis ojos' by Icíar Bollaín and 'La flor de mi secreto' by Pedro Almodóvar.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
camera
critique, review
scene
star
character
sense
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
diet
degree
fashion
stepmother
stepfather
the elderly
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
to hug, hugging
to appear, appearing
to cover, covering
to direct, directing
to emit, broadcast
to laugh, laughing
Q4.'El director es conocido __________ esta película'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q5.Write in English: 'mi marido era gordo'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'they worked in a cinema'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
I have
you have
she, he, it has
we have
you all have
they have
Q2.Which verbs have irregular past participles?
Q3.Order the words to say: 'they have returned, but she says that he has died'.
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'we have worked'.
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