Year 3 - Spanish
Outdoor activities: -ar verbs 'I' and 'she, he'
What I and others do: singular regular verbs in the present tense
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces infinitives and singular persons of -ar regular verbs. Pupils use these verbs in the context of in class and outdoor activities to ask and answer about what they and others do. Pupils also learn singular definite articles 'el' and 'la' meaning 'the'.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use definite articles and indefinite articles together with verbs in the 1st and 3rd person singular to talk about outdoor activities.
Key Notes
- The key sounds [ga] and [go] can be contrasted for listening and read aloud practice.
- The preposition 'por' is often used with verbs of movement and can be translated 'through', 'around' or 'along'.
- To mean 'I' with a verb the ending is -o, to mean 'she, he, it' the ending is -a.
- The definite article 'the' in Spanish is 'el' for masculine and la for feminine nouns.
- The indefinite article 'a/an' in Spanish is 'un' for masculine and 'una' for feminine noun.
Vocabulary To Learn
- ga: pronounced as in 'ganar'
- go: pronounced as in 'domingo'
- definite article: the words el and la meaning the
- indefinite article: the words un and una meaning a and an
- 3rd person singular: forms of pronouns and verbs used to refer to other people
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Grammatical gender is the same as biological gender. If a word is feminine we think of it as a girl if it is masculine we think of it as a boy.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The key sounds [ga] and [go] can be contrasted for listening and read aloud practice. The preposition 'por' is often used with verbs of movement and can be translated 'through', 'around' or 'along'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'ga'
pronounced as in 'ganar'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Grammatical gender is the same as biological gender. If a word is feminine we think of it as a girl if it is masculine we think of it as a boy. Correction: Grammatical gender is not the same as biological gender. Spelling clues help to identify Spanish grammatical gender: nouns ending in -o are usually masculine, nouns ending in -a are usually feminine.
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