Year 11 - Spanish
La última película que vi: extend writing
Media and technology: Internet y yo
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils learn how to use pronouns after prepositions, including emphatic use after 'a'. They revisit the syntax of sentences with interesar-type verbs. The unit introduces irregular past participles 'muerto', 'vuelto', 'cubierto', 'dicho', 'roto'.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use the imperfect and the preterite tenses to write about the last film you watched.
Key Notes
- The imperfect is used to give background information and for repeated actions in the past.
- The preterite tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past.
Vocabulary To Learn
- imperfect: verb tense used to describe the setting, characters or things that were happening in the background during the film
- preterite: verb tense used to talk about specific actions or events that happened and ended during the film
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- For completed events and actions in the past I can use either the preterite or the imperfect.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The imperfect is used to give background information and for repeated actions in the past. The preterite tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'imperfect'
verb tense used to describe the setting, characters or things that were happening in the background during the film. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: For completed events and actions in the past I can use either the preterite or the imperfect. Correction: The imperfect is used to set the scene, give background information and for repeated actions in the past and the preterite to say what happened, talk about completed events and actions in the past.
More Lessons In This Unit
- ¿A quién sigues en redes? Photo card Study Guide
- Dos directores de cine: perfect tense Study Guide
- Internet: 'interesar'-type verbs, pronouns after prepositions Study Guide
- La inteligencia artificial: 'tener' meaning 'be' Study Guide
- Las redes sociales y yo: conversation practice Study Guide
- Una peli de Guillermo del Toro: imperfect and preterite tenses Study Guide
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