Year 10

Talking about what you did on holiday (Part 2/3)

Year 10

Talking about what you did on holiday (Part 2/3)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about the preterite tense with some regular -er and -ir verbs, so we can talk about what we did on holiday, but also what others did.
  2. Purpose of language use. Talk about what you did on holiday
  3. Grammar. Past (preterite) tense: AR, ER, IR regular; HACER, IR, SER. TENER

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13 Questions

Q1.
The preterite is a past tense.
False
Correct answer: True
Q2.
In the preterite, to mean ‘I ’with an –ar verb, remove –ar and add –é to the stem.
False
Correct answer: True
Q3.
‘-amos’ is the ending for the 1st person plural (‘we’).
False
Correct answer: True
Q4.
'nadó' means 'he swam',
False
Correct answer: True
Q5.
Accents can never fully change the meaning of the verb.
Correct answer: False
True
The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in Spanish in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.
Q7.
por
around, in between
Correct answer: by, for, through
please
Q8.
llegar
Correct answer: to arrive
to leave
to stay
Q9.
hablar
to learn
to listen
Correct answer: to speak
Q10.
mejor
Correct answer: best, better
major
worse, worst
Q11.
llamar
to arrive
Correct answer: to call
to leave
Q12.
bastante
not very
Correct answer: quite
too much
Q13.
peor
better, best
poor
Correct answer: worse, worst

13 Questions

Q1.
To mean I, -ar, -er & -ir verbs have different endings.
False
Correct answer: True
Q2.
-í is the ending for ...
Correct answer: I
s/he, it
we
Q3.
To mean ‘we ’with –er & -ir verbs, remove –er and add _________ to the stem.
amos
emos
Correct answer: imos
Q4.
Comió means...
I ate
I eat
Correct answer: s/he ate
Q5.
Comieron means _______________.
s/he ate
Correct answer: they ate
they eat
The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in Spanish in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.
Q7.
tuve
Correct answer: I had
I have
I will have
Q8.
tuvo
Correct answer: he/she had
he/she has
he/she will have
Q9.
fui
I ate
I saw
Correct answer: I went
Q10.
fue
she/he ate
she/he saw
Correct answer: she/he went
Q11.
primero
best
Correct answer: first
top
Q12.
después
Correct answer: after
before
well
Q13.
luego
Correct answer: afterwards
before
enough