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Viaje a Valencia: singular -ar preterite, singular subject pronouns

Travel and tourism: nuevas experiencias

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 the past (preterite) to talk about what people did on a trip to Valencia.

Key Notes

  • [gue] sounds like 'llegué', [ge] sounds like 'gente'.
  • Regular -ar verbs: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular PAST preterite (-é, -aste & -ó).
  • Subject pronouns yo, tú, él, ella; we usually omit the use of subject pronoun.
  • There are some contexts where the use of subject pronouns is appropriate

Vocabulary To Learn

  • preterite: a tense used for completed events in the past
  • yo: subject pronoun that means 'I'
  • tú: subject pronoun that means 'you'
  • él: subject pronoun that means 'he'
  • ella: subject pronoun that means 'she'

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Subject pronouns are always used with a verb to indicate the subject.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

[gue] sounds like 'llegué', [ge] sounds like 'gente'. Regular -ar verbs: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular PAST preterite (-é, -aste & -ó).

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'preterite'

a tense used for completed events 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: Subject pronouns are always used with a verb to indicate the subject. Correction: Subject pronouns are not always used with a verb. Verb endings alone often tell us the subject.

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