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Activities: plural 'hacer' and subject pronouns

Comparing what people do: -ER and -IR verbs

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils learn to form the first person plural form of -er and -ir verbs, and the third person plural 'hacen'. They learn English has two translations of the Spanish present tense - present simple and continuous. Spanish subject pronouns are introduced. Stressed syllables are introduced.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use subject pronouns and plural forms of 'hacer' to contrast activities that 'we' or 'they' do.

Key Notes

  • Applying the two rules about final syllable stress enables correct use of accents when transcribing.
  • Listening to familiar language in new contexts and transcribing it deepens vocabulary knowledge.
  • 'Hacer', irregular in its I form 'hago', is regular in other forms. We do, make is 'hacemos', they do, make is 'hacen'.
  • Spanish subject pronouns add emphasis or clarity, e.g. nosotros hacemos los deberes, mientras que ellas hacen deporte.
  • 'We' is nosotros for boys/men or mixed gender groups, nosotras for girls/women; 'they' also has two forms, ellos, ellas.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • final syllable stress: pronouncing the final syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
  • hacer: Spanish verb meaning 'to do, doing' or to make, making'
  • subject pronoun: represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb e.g. 'I', 'we', 'they'

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • There is just one word for 'we' and one word for 'they' in Spanish.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Applying the two rules about final syllable stress enables correct use of accents when transcribing. Listening to familiar language in new contexts and transcribing it deepens vocabulary knowledge.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'final syllable stress'

pronouncing the final syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: There is just one word for 'we' and one word for 'they' in Spanish. Correction: Spanish has two words each for 'we' and 'they'. The plural pronoun 'we' is 'nosotros' for boys/men or mixed gender groups, 'nosotras' for girls/women; 'they' also has two forms, 'ellos' and 'ellas'.

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