Aprender un idioma: stem-change verbs like 'encontrar', 'pensar', 'poder'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use stem-changing verbs to describe effective ways to learn a language.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- It is important to revisit previously learnt words regularly to store them in your long-term memory.
- Stem-changing verbs have a change in the stem for some grammatical persons.
- Some verbs with 'e' in the stem (e.g. pensar) change to 'ie' for persons 1, 2, 3 and 6 in the simple present.
- Some verbs with 'o' in the stem (e.g. encontrar, poder) change to 'ue' for persons 1, 2, 3 and 6 in the simple present.
Keywords
Stem - part of the verb that is present in all forms
Stem-changing verb - verb that has a spelling change in the stem for some grammatical persons
Common misconception
Stem-changing verbs like 'encontrar' and 'pensar' have a stem change in all conjugations of the simple present.
Stem-changing verbs 'encontrar' and 'pensar' have a stem change in persons 1, 2, 3 and 6 of the simple present. The stem reverts back to the original for persons 4 and 5.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'no-one' or 'none'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
account
distance
image
level
word
brain
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
to learn, learning
to find, finding
to think, thinking
to be able to, can
to say, saying
to practise, practising
Q4.Order the words to say: 'obviously you have to practise every day'.
Q5.Write in English: 'aprendo palabras nuevas'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'outside the city'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Stem-changing verbs like 'encontrar' and 'pensar' do not have a stem change in the forms of the simple present.
Q2.Which verb is not a stem-changing verb in the simple present?
Q3.'La escuela a las nueve'. Write the correct form of 'comenzar'.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'you can swim and you all can dance'.
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'we think that it is interesting'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'they resolve the problem'.
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