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      Un viaje escolar: irregular preterite stems, preterite 'ir', 'hacer'

      Lesson details

      Learning outcome

      I can use irregular verbs in the preterite when talking about a school trip.

      Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons

      Key learning points

      1. Knowing a word means you can understand it in listening and reading but also use it in speaking and writing.
      2. Formation of plural nouns rule 4: when a word ends in -ión, add -es and remove the accent.
      3. Cognates may look very similar to English but sound quite different so attention must be paid to pronunciation.
      4. 1st person singular of verbs with irregular preterite stems: dije, estuve, pude, puse, quise, supe, traje and vine.
      5. The singular persons of irregular verbs ‘ir’ and ‘hacer’ are: ‘fui’, ‘fuiste’, ‘fue’, ‘hice’, ‘hiciste’ and ‘hizo’.

      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

      Common misconception

      Cognates are words that look and sound like English.

      Cognates may look very similar to English but sound quite different so attention must be paid to pronunciation.

      Teacher tip

      Teachers can use this as an opportunity to get students to write about a school trip they have been to, not necessarily an exchange. This would also involve retrieving prior knowledge: regular -ar, -er and -ir preterite.

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      Prior knowledge starter quiz

      6 Questions

      Q1.
      Match the Spanish and English.

      Correct Answer:la piedra,stone
      Correct Answer:por,in, through, around, by
      Correct Answer:sesenta,sixty
      Correct Answer:el recurso,resource
      Correct Answer:oigo,I hear
      Correct Answer:caer,to fall, falling

      Q2.
      What is the stem of 'entregar'?

      Correct Answer: entreg, entreg-

      Q3.
      Match the verb with the person they refer to.

      Correct Answer:aprendes,you
      Correct Answer:aprendo,I
      Correct Answer:aprende,she, he, it

      Q4.
      Which of the following verbs end in '-go' for the 1st person singular in the present tense?

      Correct answer: caer
      Correct answer: decir
      escribir
      preguntar
      Correct answer: poner

      Q5.
      What is 'I say' in Spanish?

      decir
      dices
      Correct answer: digo
      diciendo
      dice

      Q6.
      What is 'with you' in Spanish?

      Correct Answer: contigo, Contigo

      6 Questions

      Q1.
      Match the Spanish and English.

      Correct Answer:caliente,hot
      Correct Answer:la sangre,blood
      Correct Answer:la natación,swimming
      Correct Answer:la fila,queue
      Correct Answer:preguntar,to ask, asking
      Correct Answer:el invierno,winter

      Q2.
      When revisiting vocabulary, practising words in __________, reading, __________ and writing is essential to really know a word.

      Correct Answer: listening, speaking, speaking, listening

      Q3.
      To talk about a completed action in the past we use the tense.

      simple present
      present continuous
      Correct answer: preterite
      imperfect

      Q4.
      Complete the sequence with the appropriate forms of 'hacer' and 'ir' in the prerite: 'fui, __________, fue; __________, hiciste, __________.

      Correct Answer: fuiste, hice, hizo

      Q5.
      Match the irregular verbs with the English.

      Correct Answer:dije,I said
      Correct Answer:quise,I wanted
      Correct Answer:traje,I brought
      Correct Answer:puse,I put, I became
      Correct Answer:vine,I came
      Correct Answer:supe,I knew

      Q6.
      How do you say 'I was' in the preterite? Use the verb 'estar'.

      Correct Answer: estuve, Estuve

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