Acciones para un mundo mejor: 'ir' imperfect plural persons
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use plural forms of the imperfect tense in the context of protests and social movements.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- ábamos, -abais and -aban are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person plural endings of -ar verbs in the imperfect tense.
- ‘ir’ is an irregular verb in the imperfect tense.
- -íbamos, -ibais and -iban are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person plural forms of ‘ir’ in the imperfect tense.
- Spanish adverbs ending in -mente (e.g. rápidamente) correspond to English adverbs ending in -ly (e.g. 'quickly').
- To form adverbs ending in -mente, add this ending to the feminine form of the adjective (e.g. 'rápida' - 'rápidamente').
Keywords
Imperfect - verb tense used to talk about something that used to happen repeatedly
Adverb - word used to describe adjectives and verbs
-mente - suffix commonly used in Spanish adverbs, meaning -ly
Common misconception
Accents are present in several forms of 'ir' and -ar verbs in the imperfect tense.
Accents are only present in the 1st person singular (we) form of 'ir' ('íbamos') and -ar verbs (-ábamos) in the imperfect tense.
Teacher tip
Learning Cycle 1, Starter Quiz Q1 and and Exit Quiz Qs 2, 3 and 4 are aimed at Higher Tier students. Learning Cycle 2's checks and tasks also test largely higher tier vocabulary, but could be adapted to draw out Foundation Tier words.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
to try, trying
to lend, lending
to identify, identifying
to trick, tricking
to ring, ringing
to own, owning
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
people
serious
historical
boss, manager (f)
half past
only
Q3.Which verbs are in the imperfect tense?
Q4.What is the 1st person singular (I) form of ‘organizar’ (to organise, organising) in the imperfect tense?
Q5.Which word is an adverb?
Q6.When forming adverbs in Spanish, which form of the adjective is the ending -mente added to?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
to act, acting
lack, shortage
probably
fortunately
quickly
totally
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to contribute, contributing
threat
to deny, refuse
ally
knowledge
currently
Q3.Match the plural imperfect verbs with their meanings.
we used to go
you (pl) used to go
they used to go
we used to deny
you (pl) used to deny
they used to deny
Q4.In the context of ‘ir’ and -ar verbs in the imperfect tense, which is the only form with an accent?
Q5.Which part of this sentence is an adverb? Voy a ir a los servicios rápidamente.
Q6.To form Spanish adverbs with -mente, add this ending to the form of the adjective.
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