Un evento deportivo: -er/-ir preterite, 'tú/vosotros', 'tu/vuestro'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use regular and irregular verbs in the preterite to describe sports events.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Listening to distinguish sounds e.g. [l] and [ll], improves pronunciation.
- 'De' can translate as 'from' and 'of'. It can also mean 'of' and show possession; this replaces 's in English.
- Some verbs have an irregular stem in the preterite: pud-, vin-, pus-, quis-, traj-, estuv-, dij-, -tuv-.
- 'Tú' is the subject pronoun 'you' and goes before a verb. 'Tu' and 'tus' are possessive adjectives and mean 'your'.
- 'Vosotros/as' are the subject pronoun 'you all'. 'Vuestro(s)/a(s)' are possessive adjectives and both mean 'your'.
Keywords
Preterite tense - a tense used for events completed in the past
Irregular verb - a verb that does not follow the regular rules
Stem - part of the verb that appears in all forms
Subject pronoun - represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb e.g. I, we, they
Possessive adjective - shows who something belongs to e.g. my, your, her
Common misconception
'Tu' is both the subject pronoun 'you' and the possessive adjective 'your'.
'Tu' without an accent is a possessive adjective: you; 'tú' with an accent is a subject pronoun: you.
Teacher tip
Teachers may find it useful to include short starter activities most lessons, e.g. using mini whiteboards, to revisit verb meanings and forms, especially irregular preterite forms, as without plentiful practice, most pupils find verbs harder to retain over time than nouns or adjectives.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
Wednesday
to touch, touching; to play, playing (an instrument)
on top of, over, about
cool
audience
full
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
you
you all (masculine)
you all (feminine)
I
Q3.'Tú escogiste la película pero vosotras elegisteis el restaurante.' Why are subject pronouns used here?
Q4.Order the words to translate into Spanish: 'You ate a sandwich and you all ate a piece of fruit.'
Q5.Match the preterite endings for -er/-ir verbs with the correct person.
-í
-iste
-isteis
Q6.How do you say 'your (singular)' in Spanish?
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
stage
stone
half past
ago
near
to sound, sounding
Q2.Which words have the same sound in the last syllable?
Q3.In which phrase does the preposition 'de' show possession?
Q4.Match the Spanish and English.
you knew
you all put, became
you all brought
you said
you all came
you wanted
Q5.Match the sentence halves.
bar abre a las ocho y cuarto.
subisteis las escaleras al escenario.
recogiste todo el plástico del suelo.
canciones siempre tienen buen ritmo.
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