Year 4 - Spanish
Summer days: singular regular verbs
What I and others do: -AR and -ER singular verbs
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils use singular -er and -ar verbs, including stem-change verb 'jugar' to play, for end of school year activities, summer days and music lessons. They extend cultural knowledge learning names of several typical musical instruments from Peru. Pupils practise new sounds, v, b, and h.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe what you and others do on a summer's day.
Key Notes
- To pronounce words starting with [h] we ignore it and pronounce the vowel that follows.
- Spanish infinitives end in -ar, -er or -ir.
- Knowing a range of infinitives develops sentence building and allows pupils to recognise patterns when conjugating.
- Singular persons of regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs are used to describe what I, you and she, he, it is doing.
- These verbs combine with nouns, adjectives and conjunctions to make a detailed description.
Vocabulary To Learn
- [h]: it is not pronounced in Spanish, as in 'hablar'
- infinitive: form of the verb found in the dictionary, which gives the general meaning of the verb
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The sounds spelling correspondence [h] is pronounced as it is in English.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
To pronounce words starting with [h] we ignore it and pronounce the vowel that follows. Spanish infinitives end in -ar, -er or -ir.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[h]'
it is not pronounced in Spanish, as in 'hablar'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: The sounds spelling correspondence [h] is pronounced as it is in English. Correction: In Spanish, to pronounce words starting with [h], we ignore it and pronounce the vowel that follows.
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