Mis últimas vacaciones: prenominal adjectives, preterite questions
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use prenominal adjectives and preterite questions to ask and answer about past holidays in Spanish.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- In questions, to say 'a', 'an' or ‘any’ before masc. sing. nouns use ‘algún’ and 'algunos' before masc. pl. nouns.
- In questions, to say 'a', 'an' or ‘any’ before fem. sing. nouns use ‘alguna’ and 'algunas' before fem. pl nouns.
- Some adjectives can go before the noun. These are called 'prenominal adjectives'.
- Prenominal adjectives 'primero', 'tercero', 'bueno', 'malo' and 'alguno' come before the noun and lose the -o ending.
- Verbs ending in '-car', 'gar' or '-zar' have a spelling change in 1st person singular in the preterite.
Keywords
Preterite - a tense used for events completed in the past
Prenominal adjective - an adjective that appears before a noun
Algún - a word meaning 'a', 'an' or 'any' in questions
Alguna - a word meaning 'a', 'an' or 'any' in questions
Common misconception
Adjectives in Spanish only ever appear after the noun.
Most adjectives in Spanish appear after the noun. However, some are used before it. These are called prenominal adjectives.
Teacher tip
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English adjectives.
good
third
big, great
first
second
bad
Q2.Complete the sentence in Spanish. Es un amigo (m).
Q3.Complete the sentence in Spanish. Hoy es el día (m) de la fiesta.
Q4.Choose the correct translation of the Spanish sentence. ¿Tomaste café?
Q5.What is 'there are some hotels' in Spanish?
Q6.What is 'there are some bands' in Spanish?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Complete the question in Spanish: ¿Compraste vuelos (m)?
Q2.Complete the question in Spanish: ¿Tienes información (f)?
Q3.Choose the correct translation of 'Did she book the third hotel?'.
Q4.What is the word for 'first' before a singular or uncountable masculine noun?
Q5.What is the word for 'bad' before a singular or uncountable masculine noun?
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'Did you try a good dish?'
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