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Year 11 - Spanish

Una vida sana: extended writing

People and lifestyle: influencias

Unit Summary

This unit furthers pupils' knowledge of the subjunctive. Pupils learn singular subjunctive forms of 'ir' and 'venir', and use the subjunctive after verbs of emotion and 'para que'. Pupils refresh and learn new impersonal verbs, and are introduced to adjectival phrases with 'lo' and an adjective.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use a variety of tenses to talk about your healthy lifestyle.

Key Notes

  • The Leitner System is a simple but very powerful method to revise vocabulary.
  • To talk about a completed action in the past we use the preterite.
  • 'Decir', 'estar', 'venir', 'poner', 'querer', 'dar', 'traer' and 'poder' have irregular stems in the preterite.
  • The BORDER acronym is a useful tool to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • preterite: a tense used for events completed in the past, e.g. 'I went', 'I wanted', 'I said'
  • BORDER: acronym used to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • If I decide to use BORDER I will apply it once for the whole writing.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

The Leitner System is a simple but very powerful method to revise vocabulary. To talk about a completed action in the past we use the preterite.

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

a tense used for events completed in the past, e.g. 'I went', 'I wanted', 'I said'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: If I decide to use BORDER I will apply it once for the whole writing. Correction: If you choose to use BORDER, apply it to each paragraph separately. This will help you respond clearly and completely to each bullet point.

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