Year 10 - Spanish
Los días de colegio: 1st person singular present tense with 'g', e.g. 'pongo'
My personal world: la vida fuera y dentro del colegio
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils revisit irregular verb stems 'tuve' and 'hice', and learn new irregular stems. Pupils consolidate the second person singular for -er and -ir verbs in the preterite and now learn the second person plural. They learn 'sin' with an infinitive to mean 'without doing'.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to talk about a typical school day using regular and irregular verbs in the present tense.
Key Notes
- [u] and [i] are weak vowels and they merge with other vowels making a single syllable.
- 'Contigo' is a pronoun and it means 'with you'.
- Some verbs have an irregular stem and add a -g- in 1st person singular, present tense: pongo, vengo, hago, digo - digo.
Vocabulary To Learn
- present tense: describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'
- irregular verb: a verb that does not follow the regular rules
- Stem: part of the verb that appears in all forms
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Verbs like 'poner', 'venir' and 'hacer' follow the rules of regular -er/-ir verbs in the present tense.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
[u] and [i] are weak vowels and they merge with other vowels making a single syllable. 'Contigo' is a pronoun and it means 'with you'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'present tense'
describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Verbs like 'poner', 'venir' and 'hacer' follow the rules of regular -er/-ir verbs in the present tense. Correction: Verbs like 'poner', 'venir' and 'hacer' are irregular and add -g- in the 1st person singular present (e.g. 'pongo', 'vengo', 'hago', and 'decir' - 'digo').
More Lessons In This Unit
- Después del colegio: extended writing Study Guide
- Después del colegio: understanding and answering questions Study Guide
- En el colegio: extended speaking and writing Study Guide
- Este fin de semana: infinitives with 'sin', 'para', 'antes de', 'después de' Study Guide
- Hacer planes: read aloud and translation Study Guide
- Los fines de semana: 'ir' (present), 'ir' + a + infinitive (future) Study Guide
- Un espectáculo: -er/-ir preterite 2nd person singular and plural Study Guide
- Un evento deportivo: -er/-ir preterite, 'tú/vosotros', 'tu/vuestro' Study Guide
- Un viaje escolar: irregular preterite stems, preterite 'ir', 'hacer' Study Guide
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