Year 3 - Spanish
A school trip: gender, 'un', 'una', and 'tengo'
What I and others have: 'tener' and singular nouns
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Unit Summary
In this unit, in the context of talking about belongings, pupils learn that nouns have grammatical gender and that this determines the word for a/an. They learn to use the first, second and third person forms of the verb 'tener' and that most adjectives come after the noun.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use 'tengo' and 'un' and 'una' with nouns to say what belongings you have.
Key Notes
- The sound-symbol correspondence [ce] can be practised by pronouncing words such as 'centro' and 'doce'.
- All nouns in Spanish have grammatical gender, masculine or feminine.
- The masculine word for 'a/an' is 'un', the feminine word for 'a/an' is 'una'.
- The verb 'to have' is 'tener'; 'I have' is 'tengo'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- [ce]: sound-symbol correspondence
- grammatical gender: nouns in Spanish are either masculine or feminine
- indefinite article: the words 'un' and 'una', meaning 'a' and 'an'
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 sound-symbol correspondence [ce] can be practised by pronouncing words such as 'centro' and 'doce'. All nouns in Spanish have grammatical gender, masculine or feminine.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[ce]'
sound-symbol correspondence. 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.
More Lessons In This Unit
- A party: adjectives after the noun Study Guide
- A party: intonation questions, nouns and adjectives Study Guide
- Ask about belongings: intonation questions 'tengo', 'tienes', 'tiene' Study Guide
- What I have at home and in school: 'y' meaning 'and' Study Guide
- What my friends and I have: 'tengo' and 'tiene' Study Guide
- What someone else has: 'tiene' Study Guide
- What you have: intonation questions, 'tienes' Study Guide
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