Year 8 - Spanish
Describe family members: possessive adjective 'su'
Family and friends: possessive adjectives, comparatives
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils learn possessive adjectives 'su', 'sus', 'nuestra', 'nuestro'. They learn comparatives 'más/menos … que' and irregular comparatives 'mejor que' and peor que'. Demonstratives 'este', 'esta', 'estos', 'estas' are introduced.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use possessive adjectives 'mi(s)' and 'su(s)' to say what your and someone else's family members are like and what they do.
Key Notes
- The preterite is used to describe completed past events. For the 'I' form with -ar verbs, you remove the -ar and add -é.
- For -ar verbs ending in -car, remove -car and add -qué for the 'I' form in the preterite, e.g. 'saqué' - 'I took out'.
- To talk about a mixed-gender group of people, you use the masculine form of the noun, e.g. 'mis hermanos'.
- In Spanish, the possessive adjective 'my' is 'mi' before a singular noun, and 'mis' before a plural noun.
- The possessive adjective 'his', 'her' or 'its' is 'su' before a singular noun, and 'sus' before a plural noun.
Vocabulary To Learn
- preterite: tense used for completed events in the past
- possessive adjective: shows who something belongs to
- su: his, her, its (singular), possessive adjective
- sus: his, her, its (plural), possessive adjective
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- To talk about completed events in the past with -ar verbs you always take off the -ar ending and add -é in the 1st person singular ('I').
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The preterite is used to describe completed past events. For the 'I' form with -ar verbs, you remove the -ar and add -é. For -ar verbs ending in -car, remove -car and add -qué for the 'I' form in the preterite, e.g. 'saqué' - 'I took out'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'preterite'
tense used for completed events in the past. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: To talk about completed events in the past with -ar verbs you always take off the -ar ending and add -é in the 1st person singular ('I'). Correction: For -ar verbs ending in -car, you remove the -car and add -qué in the 1st person singular, for example; 'sacar' - 'saqué' - 'I took out'.
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