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- Year 11
- Edexcel
Experiencias del colegio: present and past tenses, picture task (Edexcel)
I can use the simple present, perfect and imperfect tenses and confidently describe photos in Spanish.
- Year 11
- Edexcel
Experiencias del colegio: present and past tenses, picture task (Edexcel)
I can use the simple present, perfect and imperfect tenses and confidently describe photos in Spanish.
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Key learning points
- We can boost our word knowledge by making connections between words such as word families, synonyms, opposites, etc.
- The simple present tense is used to express habitual events in the present e.g. 'I do'.
- The perfect tense is used to express completed actions in the past e.g. 'I have played', 'I have done'.
- The imperfect tense is used to express how things were or used to be in the past, or to say what was happening.
- The PALM acronym is a useful tool to describe photos using a range of information.
Keywords
Simple present - verb tense used to express habitual events in the present e.g. 'I do'
Perfect - verb tense used to express what has happened e.g. 'I have listened', 'I have bought'
Imperfect - verb tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past, or to say what was happening
Common misconception
'I have' is always translated as 'tengo'.
When 'have' means 'to possess something' e.g. 'I have a car', use 'tengo' - 'tengo un coche'. When 'have' is part of the perfect tense, to say you have done something, use the verb 'haber' e.g. 'I have played' - 'he jugado'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which verbs are plural?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to pass (a test)
to forget, forgetting
to describe, describing
to teach, teaching
to write, writing
to smile, smiling
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
pen
effort
school bag
page
rule, norm
playground
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I love English because it is cool'.
Q5.Write in English: 'estudiaron ocho asignaturas'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'I hand in the homework'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which word is a synonym for 'duro'?
Q2.Order the sentences according to the PALM acronym.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
I learn
you learn
they learn
I used to learn
you used to learn
they used to learn