Year 10 - Spanish
Una autora inmigrante: singular -er/-ir preterite
Travel and tourism: nuevas experiencias
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits singular forms of the preterite, including first person spelling changes, and introduces the addition of 'y' in some third person preterite verbs. Pupils learn 'alguno' as an indefinite adjective, and the syntax of questions with prepositions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use -er and -ir verbs in the past (preterite) to understand and ask questions about past experiences of moving to live in another country.
Key Notes
- Regular -er/-ir verbs: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular PAST preterite (-í, iste & -ió).
- Some -er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel add an extra 'y' in 3rd person singular forms in the preterite tense.
- When forming questions including a preposition, place the preposition at the beginning of the sentence.
Vocabulary To Learn
- preterite: a tense used for events completed in the past
- preposition: a type of word often used to express direction, time or location
- stem: the part of a word that expresses its core meaning; in Spanish verbs this is the first part up to the -ar, -er, -ir
- infinitive: the verb as it appears in a dictionary
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The ending -ió is always used with -er and -ir verbs to refer to she, he or it in the preterite tense.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Regular -er/-ir verbs: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular PAST preterite (-í, iste & -ió). Some -er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel add an extra 'y' in 3rd person singular forms in the preterite tense.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'preterite'
a tense used for events completed in the past. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: The ending -ió is always used with -er and -ir verbs to refer to she, he or it in the preterite tense. Correction: For -er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel, add -yó to refer to 'he', 'she' or 'it in the preterite tense.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Las Fallas de Valencia: 'alguno' meaning 'some' Study Guide
- Mis últimas vacaciones: prenominal adjectives, preterite questions Study Guide
- Un estudiante inmigrante: plural nouns, indefinite articles Study Guide
- Un nuevo país: singular -er/-ir preterite, prepositions in questions Study Guide
- Viaje a Valencia: singular -ar preterite, singular subject pronouns Study Guide
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