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Year 11 - Spanish

El mundo ha cambiado: perfect tense, picture task (Edexcel)

Communication and the world around us: Repaso - perspectivas internacionales

Unit Summary

In this revision unit, pupils focus on the present perfect tense. They use all persons of 'haber' with stems of -ar, -er, and -ir verbs, and also revise irregular past participles.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use the perfect tense and confidently describe photos in Spanish.

Key Notes

  • To conjugate singular forms of the perfect tense, use 'he', 'has' or 'ha' (from 'haber') + past participle.
  • To form the past participle of regular -ar verbs, remove the -ar and add -ado.
  • To form the past participle of regular -er/ir verbs, remove the -er/ir and add -ido.
  • Common irregular past participles include: hecho, visto, escrito, puesto, muerto, vuelto, cubierto, dicho, roto.
  • Use the PALM acronym to structure photo descriptions.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • perfect tense: verb tense used to express what has happened, e.g. 'I have listened', 'you have bought'
  • past participle: form of a verb used to form the perfect tense, e.g. 'listened', 'bought'
  • PALM: acronym for photo description (people and objects, action, location, mood)

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • In Spanish, the auxiliary verb 'he' sounds like the English 'he'.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

To conjugate singular forms of the perfect tense, use 'he', 'has' or 'ha' (from 'haber') + past participle. To form the past participle of regular -ar verbs, remove the -ar and add -ado.

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

verb tense used to express what has happened, e.g. 'I have listened', 'you have bought'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: In Spanish, the auxiliary verb 'he' sounds like the English 'he'. Correction: In Spanish, the auxiliary verb 'he' sounds different to the English 'he'. It has a silent 'h' and 'e' is pronounced as in 'elefante'.

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